1944 Florida Gators football team

The 1944 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1944 college football season. The season was the fourth for Tom Lieb as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The highlights of the season included the Gators' 13–6 homecoming victory over the Maryland Terrapins and their 13–0 shutout of the in-state rival Miami Hurricanes on the Hurricanes' home field. The Gators also scored solid victories over teams from two U.S. Naval Air Stations in nearby Jacksonville. Lieb's 1944 Florida Gators finished with a 4–3 overall record and a 0–3 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing tenth among twelve SEC teams.`[2]

1944 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1944 record4–3 (0–3 SEC)
Head coachTom Lieb (4th season)
CaptainJoe Graham
Home stadiumFlorida Field
(Capacity: 22,000)[1]
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0  8 3 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 0 1  7 1 1
Georgia 4 2 0  7 3 0
Alabama 3 1 2  5 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0  6 2 0
LSU 2 3 1  2 5 1
Ole Miss 2 3 0  2 6 0
Tulane 1 2 0  4 3 0
Kentucky 1 5 0  3 6 0
Florida 0 3 0  4 3 0
Auburn 0 4 0  4 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0  3 0 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23Mayport Naval Air Station*W 36–6
September 30vs. Ole MissL 6–26
October 7Jacksonville Naval Air Station*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 26–20
October 14at No. 15 TennesseeL 0–40
October 28Maryland*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 13–6
November 3at Miami (FL)*W 13–0
November 11vs. Georgia
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
L 12–38
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]

References

  1. University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2006 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
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