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1944 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 4
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainBen Chase
Home stadium Thompson Stadium
Seasons
←  1943
1945 →
1944 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 4 Navy   –   6 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Delaware State   –   2 – 3 – 0
Tennessee Tech   –   1 – 2 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   1 – 7 – 1
Millsaps   –   1 – 5 – 0
Sewanee   –   0 – 3 – 1
Howard (AL)   –   0 – 5 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 302:30 p.m. North Carolina Pre-Flight
L 14–21 [3]
October 7 Penn State
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 55–14
October 14 DukeNo. 6
W 7–025,000 [4]
October 21at No. 8 Georgia TechNo. 9
L 15–1735,000 [5]
October 28at No. 7 PennNo. 12
W 26–073,000 [6]
November 4No. 2 Notre DameNo. 6
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD ( rivalry)
W 32–1360,938
November 11 CornellNo. 3
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 48–025,000 [7]
November 18No. 14 PurdueNo. 3
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 32–035,000
December 2vs. No. 1 ArmyNo. 2
L 7–2370,000 [8] [9]

Rankings

See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP69126 (1)3 (1)3 (5)2 (5)2 (1)4

References

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Navy To Open Grid Season With Cloudbusters Today". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. September 30, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Duke beaten, Blue Devils miss scoring chances". The News and Observer. October 15, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ga. Tech upsets Navy, 17–15". Daily News. October 22, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 12, 1944). "Navy Overpowers Cornell, 48 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ "Army Defeats Navy, 23 To 7, Before 70,000 In Stadium". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. December 3, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Grantland Rice (December 3, 1944). "Victory Over Navy Gives Army First Perfect Grid Season Since 1916". The Baltimore Sun. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.


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