1944 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1944 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1944 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Henry N. Lamar, the team compiled a 5–1 record and outscored its opponents 100 to 37. Walter H. Trumbull Jr. was the team captain.[1]

1944 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1944 record	5–1
Head coach	Henry N. Lamar (2nd season)
Captain	Walter H. Trumbull Jr.
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

1944 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Syracuse			–					2	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	4	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

For 1944, as in 1943, rather than scheduling its usual mix of Ivy League opponents and national college football powerhouses, Harvard played a shorter schedule of smaller New England colleges and military teams. Its football record book describes these two World War II-era seasons as "informal".[1]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Tufts	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 19–12	12,000	[2]
September 23	Bates	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 43–6	8,000	[3]
September 30	Worcester Tech	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0	8,500	[4]
October 7	Boston College	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0	43,000	[5]
November 11	Melville PT Boat Training Center	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–13	7,500	[6]
November 18	at Tufts	Ellis Oval Medford, MA	W 12–6	5,000	[7]

References

1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "Harvard's Eleven Downs Tufts, 19-12". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. September 17, 1944. p. S1.
3. "Harvard Crushes Bates on Gridiron". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. September 24, 1944. p. S3.
4. "Harvard Turns Back Worcester Tech, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 1, 1944. p. S3.
5. "43,000 See Harvard Down Eagles, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1944. p. S3.
6. Kane, Dan (November 12, 1944). "Navy P.T. Shells Harvard, 13-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard Victor over Tufts". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press International. November 19, 1944. p. S3.