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] 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		[2]
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	[3]
October 21		at No. 8 Georgia Tech	No. 9	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 15–17	35,000	[4]
October 28		at No. 7 Penn	No. 12	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0	73,000	[5]
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	[6]
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	[7][8]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1944 college 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