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1944 Navy Midshipmen football Conference Independent AP No. 4 1944 record 6–3 Head coach Captain Ben Chase Home stadium Thompson Stadium Seasons
The 1944 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1944 college football season . In their first season under head coach Oscar Hagberg , the Midshipmen compiled a 6–3 record, shut out three opponents and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 236 to 88.[1] [2] Navy was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll .
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 30 North Carolina Pre-Flight Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD L 14–21
October 7 Penn State Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD W 55–14
October 14 Duke No. 6 Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD W 7–0
October 21 at No. 8 Georgia Tech No. 9 L 15–17
October 28 at No. 7 Penn No. 12 Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 26–073,000 [3]
November 4 No. 2 Notre Dame No. 6 Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry ) W 32–1360,938
November 11 Cornell No. 3 Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD W 48–025,000 [4]
November 18 No. 14 Purdue No. 3 Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD W 32–0
December 2 vs. No. 1 Army No. 2 L 7–23
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
References [ ]
^ "Football History" (PDF) . United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .
^ "Navy Yearly Results (1940-1944)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .
^ Taylor, Craig E. (October 29, 1944). "73,000 See Navy Tumble Penn's Eleven by 26-0" . The Sunday Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Effrat, Louis (November 12, 1944). "Navy Overpowers Cornell, 48 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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