1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
| 1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 15 |
| 1944 record | 5–4–1 (3–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Ray Eliot (3rd season) |
| MVP | Buddy Young |
| Captain | Selected each game |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 5–3–1 record, were ranked #15 in the final AP Poll, and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference. The team lost three games to teams ranked in the top 10 in the AP Poll: #9-ranked Notre Dame (7–13); #8-ranked Michigan (0–14); and #2-ranked Ohio State (12–26).[1] Halfback Buddy Young was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 16 | Illinois State* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 79–0 | ||||||
| September 23 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 26–18 | ||||||
| September 30 | at Great Lakes Navy* | Great Lakes Naval Base • North Chicago, IL | T 26–26 | ||||||
| October 7 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) | L 19–35 | ||||||
| October 14 | Iowa | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 40–6 | |||||
| October 21 | at Pittsburgh* | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 39–5 | ||||||
| October 28 | No. 1 Notre Dame* | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 7–13 | |||||
| November 11 | at No. 8 Michigan | No. 10 | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–14 | |||||
| November 18 | at No. 4 Ohio State | Cleveland Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Illibuck Trophy) | L 12–26 | 83,627 | |||||
| November 25 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry) | W 25–6 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1944 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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