1944 Navy Midshipmen football team

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.

1944 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 4
1944 record	6–3
Head coach	Oscar Hagberg (1st season)
Captain	Ben Chase
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium

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
Howard (AL)		–		0	–	5	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	North Carolina Pre-Flight		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–21
October 7	Penn State		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 55–14
October 14	Duke	No. 6	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 7–0
October 21	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	No. 9	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 15–17
October 28	at No. 7 Penn	No. 12	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0	73,000	[3]
November 4	No. 2 Notre Dame	No. 6	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 32–13	60,938
November 11	Cornell	No. 3	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 48–0	25,000	[4]
November 18	No. 14 Purdue	No. 3	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 32–0
December 2	vs. No. 1 Army	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–23	70,000	[5][6]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

"Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
"Navy Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
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.
Effrat, Louis (November 12, 1944). "Navy Overpowers Cornell, 48 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
"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 .
Grantland Rice (December 3, 1944). "Victory Over Navy Gives Army First Perfect Grid Season Since 1916". The Baltimore Sun. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.

Navy Midshipmen football
Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present) Memorial Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame (Rip Miller Trophy) SMU (Gansz Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" "I believe that we will win!" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game Salute That Navy Spirit Navy Blue and Gold
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 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 2022
National championship seasons in bold

World War II military service football teams
Bowl games	1943 Sun Bowl 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic
All-Service	1943 All-Service football team 1944 All-Service football team
1942	Army Navy Great Lakes Navy (AP Service [APS] No. 1) Iowa Pre-Flight (APS No. 2) Georgia Pre-Flight (APS No. 3) North Carolina Pre-Flight (APS No. 4) Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (APS No. 5) Jacksonville NAS (APS No. 6) Camp Grant (APS No. 7) Pensacola NAS (APS No. 8) Manhattan Beach (APS No. 9) Corpus Christi NAS (APS No. 10) Second Air Force (APS No. 11) Fort Knox (APS No. 12) Lakehurst NAS (APS No. 13) Fort Monmouth (APS No. 14) Fort Riley (APS No. 15) Camp Davis (APS No. 16) March Field (APS No. 17) Fort Totten (APS T-No. 18) Spence Field (APS T-No. 18) Daniel Field (APS T-No. 20) Fort Douglas (APS T-No. 20) Alameda Coast Guard Albuquerque Air Base
1943	Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 2) Navy (AP No. 4) Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 6) Del Monte Pre-Flight (AP No. 8) March Field (AP No. 10) Army (AP No. 11) Bainbridge (AP No. 17) Alameda Coast Guard Bunker Hill NAS Camp Grant Fort Riley Georgia Pre-Flight Greensboro Memphis NAS North Carolina Pre-Flight Randolph Field St. Mary's Pre-Flight San Diego NTS
1944	Army (AP No. 1) Randolph Field (AP No. 3) Navy (AP No. 4) Bainbridge (AP No. 5) Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 6) March Field (AP No. 10) Norman NAS (AP No. 13) El Toro (AP No. 16) Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 17) Fort Pierce (AP No. 18) Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (AP No. 19) Second Air Force (AP No. 20) Alameda Coast Guard Bunker Hill NAS Camp Peary Coronado Amphibious Fairfield-Suisun AAB Fleet City Klamath Falls Marine Barracks Maxwell Field North Carolina Pre-Flight San Diego NTS San Francisco Coast Guard Third Air Force
1945	Army (AP No. 1) Navy (AP No. 3) Great Lakes Navy Keesler Field Pensacola NAS

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