1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1944 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1944 record1–7–1 (0–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMax Morris
CaptainRay Justak[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23DePauw*
W 62–0
September 30Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 6–7
October 7Great Lakes Navy*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 0–25
October 14at No. 12 Michigan
L 0–27[3][4]
October 21No. 20 Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7–14
November 4at Minnesota
T 14–14
November 11Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7–27
November 18at No. 11 Notre Dame*
L 0–21
November 25Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)
L 6–25
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "1944 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Arch Ward (October 14, 1944). "Michigan Matches Feat of '24; Batters Northwestern, 27 to 0". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
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