1944 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1944 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. In their tenth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 1–7–1 record (0–5–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

1944 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–7–1 (0–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf (10th season)
MVP	Max Morris
Captain	Ray Justak[1]
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

1944 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	DePauw*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 62–0
September 30	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 6–7
October 7	Great Lakes Navy*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–25	35,000	[3]
October 14	at No. 12 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–27	30,861	[4][5]
October 21	No. 20 Indiana	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–14
November 4	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	T 14–14	46,482
November 11	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–27	25,000
November 18	at No. 11 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 0–21	39,701
November 25	Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 6–25	38,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "1944 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
3. "Great Lakes Trips Wildcats". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram (Richmond, IN). October 8, 1944. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Michigan Crushes Wildcats, 27 to 0; Nussbaumer Races 26 and 25 Yards to First-Half Scores Against Northwestern; Wiese Bucks Across Line; Derricotte Counts in Opening Period of Big Ten Contest on Ann Arbor Gridiron". The New York Times (UP story). October 15, 1944.
5. Arch Ward (October 14, 1944). "Michigan Matches Feat of '24; Batters Northwestern, 27 to 0". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.