1944 Temple Owls football team

The 1944 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 96 to 93.^[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1944 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–4–2
Head coach	Ray Morrison (5th season)
Home stadium	Temple Stadium
Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

1944 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	1	–	0
Bucknell			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	4	–	2
Syracuse			–					2	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					1	–	4	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	8	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Swarthmore	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 34–12	10,000	[2]
October 6	Holy Cross	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–30	12,000	[3]
October 14	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 25–0	4,000	[4]
October 20	Syracuse	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	200	[5]
October 27	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	8,000	[6]
November 4	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–6	6,000	[7]
November 11	Penn State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–7	12,000	[8]
November 18	at No. 17 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 14–27	15,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game