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
Record	6–3
Head coach	Oscar Hagberg (1st season)
Captain	Ben Chase
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

1944 Southern college football independents records

v t e	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
North Texas Aggies			–					2	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					1	–	7	–	1
Millsaps			–					1	–	5	–	0
Sewanee			–					0	–	3	–	1
Howard (AL)			–					0	–	5	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	2:30 p.m.	North Carolina Pre-Flight		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–21		[3]
October 7		Penn State		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 55–14
October 14		Duke	No. 6	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 7–0	25,000	[4]
October 21		at No. 8 Georgia Tech	No. 9	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 15–17	35,000	[5]
October 28		at No. 7 Penn	No. 12	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0	73,000	[6]
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	[7]
November 18		No. 14 Purdue	No. 3	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 32–0	35,000
December 2		vs. No. 1 Army	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–23	70,000	[8][9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	6	9	12	6 (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 .
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 .
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.