1944 Purdue Boilermakers football team
| 1944 Purdue Boilermakers football | |
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| 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 |
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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 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 Frank Bauman, and tackle Pat O'Brien.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| 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 (Purdue Cannon) | W 35–19 | ||||||
| October 14 | No. 11 Iowa Pre-Flight* | No. 7 | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | L 6–13 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "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.
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