1944 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1944 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his 11th year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

1944 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1944 record7–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coachBo McMillin (11th season)
MVPJohn Tavener
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16Fort Knox*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 72–0-
September 23at IllinoisL 18–26-
September 30at MichiganW 20–020,500
October 14NebraskaNo. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 54–0-
October 21at NorthwesternNo. 20
W 14–7-
October 28IowaNo. 17
W 32–0-
November 4at No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 15L 7–2156,380
November 11at Minnesota
L 14–1930,254
November 18Pittsburgh*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 47–0-
November 25at PurdueW 14–6-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1945 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Pete PihosWide receiver541Philadelphia Eagles
Bob CowanBack12111Chicago Cardinals
John CannadyBack16154Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. Jack Byrne, "The Service Teams USA", 1943 Football Illustrated Annual. New York: Fiction House, Inc., 1943; pg. 16.
  2. "1944 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. "1945 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 4, 2015.


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