1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1944 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. In their tenth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 1–7–1 record (0–5–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]
1944 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1944 record | 1–7–1 (0–5–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Pappy Waldorf (10th season) |
MVP | Max Morris |
Captain | Ray Justak[1] |
Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Ohio State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Michigan | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Illinois | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 23 | DePauw* |
| W 62–0 |
September 30 | Wisconsin |
| L 6–7 |
October 7 | Great Lakes Navy* |
| L 0–25 |
October 14 | at No. 12 Michigan | L 0–27[3][4] | |
October 21 | No. 20 Indiana |
| L 7–14 |
November 4 | at Minnesota | T 14–14 | |
November 11 | Purdue |
| L 7–27 |
November 18 | at No. 11 Notre Dame* | L 0–21 | |
November 25 | Illinois |
| L 6–25 |
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References
- "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- "1944 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- "Michigan Crushes Wildcats, 27 to 0; Nussbaumer Races 26 and 25 Yards to First-Half Scores Against Northwestern; Wiese Bucks Across Line; Derricotte Counts in Opening Period of Big Ten Contest on Ann Arbor Gridiron". The New York Times (UP story). October 15, 1944.
- Arch Ward (October 14, 1944). "Michigan Matches Feat of '24; Batters Northwestern, 27 to 0". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
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