1944 Army Cadets football team

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1944
Army Cadets football
Consensus national champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainTom Lombardo
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
1944 Eastern college football independents records
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

The 1944 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 504 to 35.[1] Army's 1944 season was part of a 32-game undefeated streak that included the entire 1944, 1945, and 1946 seasons.

In the final

Sagarin Ratings.[3] Army also won the Lambert Trophy as the best football team in the east.[4]

Army halfback Glenn Davis received the Maxwell Award as the best college football player of 1944.[5] Davis and fullback Doc Blanchard were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1944 All-America college football team.[6]

Six persons affiliated with the 1944 Army team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: head coach Blaik (inducted 1964);[7] Blanchard (inducted 1959);[8] Davis (inducted 1961);[9] end Barney Poole (inducted 1974);[10] quarterback Doug Kenna (inducted 1984);[11] and guard John Green (inducted 1989).[12]

The team captain was Tom Lombardo. Other notable players included tackle Tex Coulter, guard Joe Stanowicz, and center Robert St. Onge.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30North Carolina
W 46–07,000[13]
October 7Brown
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 59–73,500[14]
October 14PittsburghNo. 3
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 69–710,000[15][16]
October 21Coast GuardNo. 2
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 76–03,000[17]
October 28vs. DukeNo. 2
W 27–745,000[18]
November 4VillanovaNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 83–0[19]
November 11vs. No. 5 Notre DameNo. 1
W 59–074,437[20]
November 18at PennNo. 1
W 62–765,000[21]
December 2vs. No. 2
Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD (Army–Navy Game)
    		• W 23–770,000[22][23]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Rankings

    See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
    Poll12345678Final
    AP
    		3 (3)2 (11.67)2 (30)1 (41)1 (58)1 (77)1 (65.33)1 (55.33)1 (95)

    References

    1. ^ "1944 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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    3. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
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    6. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
    7. ^ "Earl Blaik". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
    8. ^ "Doc Blanchard". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
    9. ^ "Glenn Davis". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
    10. ^ "Barney Poole". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
    11. ^ "Doug Kenna". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
    12. ^ "John Green". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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