1943 Pacific Tigers football team

American college football season

The 1943 Pacific Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Pacific—now known as the University of the Pacific—in Stockton, California as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Tigers compiled a record of 7–2 and finished the season ranked No. 19 in the AP Poll.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Pacific ranked 31st among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 90.6.

The Tigers played home games at Baxter Stadium in Stockton.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	at Alameda Coast Guard		San Francisco, CA	W 14–7	10,000
September 25	St. Mary's Pre-Flight		Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 13–7
October 2	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 19–7	22,000
October 9	at California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 12–6
October 16	No. 11 Del Monte Pre-Flight	No. 10	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 16–7	10,000
October 23	at No. 7 USC	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–6	65,000
November 6	Saint Mary's	No. 10	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 19–7
November 13	vs. Yuma Field	No. 11	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	W 43–0	5,000
December 11	vs. No. 9 March Field		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 10–19	7,500
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	20	10	6 (4)	10	10	11	13	—	19

v t e Pacific Tigers football
Venues	College Field (unknown–1928) Baxter Stadium (1929–1949) Stagg Memorial Stadium (1950–1995)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games San Jose State: Victory Bell
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1895 1896–1897 1898 1899 1900–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995