The 1943 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

1943 college football season The 1943 college football season was the 75th season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Played during World War II, the competition included schools from the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conf ...

. In its third season under head coach Thomas E. Stidham, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 153 to 143. The team played its home games at

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. In the final

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, Marquette ranked 23rd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 94.9.

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