1944 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1944 Purdue Boilermakers football
1944 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1944 record	5–5 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Cecil Isbell (1st season);
MVP	Babe Dimancheff
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

The 1944 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Cecil Isbell, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–5 record, finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 207 to 166.^[1]^[2]

Notable players from the 1944 Purdue team included fullback Babe Dimancheff, end , and tackle Pat O'Brien.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at Great Lakes Navy*		Naval Station Great Lakes North Chicago, IL	L 18–27	25,000	^[3]
September 30	Marquette*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 40–7
October 7	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 35–19
October 14	No. 11 Iowa Pre-Flight*	No. 7	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 6–13	18,000	^[4]
October 21	at Iowa	No. 11	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 26–7
October 28	at Michigan	No. 10	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–40	44,276
November 4	Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 35–0
November 11	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 27–7
November 18	at No. 3 Navy*	No. 14	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–32
November 25	Indiana		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 6–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
^ "1944 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ Shevlin, Maurice (September 24, 1944). "Sailors Defeat Purdue, 27-18, In 4th Quarter". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. A1.
^ Sec Taylor (October 15, 1944). "Seahawks Surprise Purdue, 13-6". The Des Moines Sunday Register. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-29.

v t Purdue Boilermakers football
Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)
Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Holy Buckeye Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	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