1943 Big Ten Conference football season

Results and team statistics Key PPG = Average of points scored per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy Regular season Bowl games During the 1943 season, the Big Ten maintained its long-standing ban on postseason games. Accordingly, no Big Ten teams participated in any bowl games. ==All-Big Ten players==

The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press (UP) as first-team players on the 1943 All-Big Ten Conference football team. • Herb Hein, end, Northwestern (AP, UP) • Pete Pihos, end, Indiana (AP, UP) • Paul A. Mitchell, tackle, Minnesota (AP, UP) • Bill Willis, tackle, Ohio State (AP, UP) • Dick Barwegen, guard, Purdue (AP, UP) • Alex Agase, guard, Purdue (AP, UP) • Fred Negus, center, Michigan (AP, UP) • Bob Hoernschemeyer, quarterback/halfback, Indiana (AP, UP) • Bob Wiese, quarterback, Michigan (UP) • Otto Graham, halfback, Northwestern (AP, UP) • Tony Butkovich, halfback, Purdue (AP) • Bill Daley, fullback, Michigan (AP, UP) ==All-Americans==

At the end of the 1943 season, Big Ten players secured two of the consensus first-team picks for the 1943 College Football All-America Team. The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were: • Alex Agase, guard, Purdue (AAB, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP, CP) • Bill Daley, halfback, Michigan (AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP, CP, NYS, SS) Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were: • Pete Pihos, end, Indiana (AAB, SN, CO, NYS) • Herb Hein, end, Northwestern (CO) • Merv Pregulman, tackle, Michigan (CO, FN, LK, SN, SS) • Otto Graham, quarterback, Northwestern (AAB, AP, FN, CP) • Tony Butkovich, fullback, Purdue (SN, UP, CP, SS) ==1944 NFL draft==

The following Big Ten players were selected in the first six rounds of the 1944 NFL draft: ==References==