1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1944
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
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

The 1944 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an

AP Poll, and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference. The team lost three games to teams ranked in the top 10 in the AP Poll: #9-ranked Notre Dame (7–13); #8-ranked Michigan (0–14); and #2-ranked Ohio State (12–26).[1] Halfback Buddy Young was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• W 79–05,386[3]
    September 23Indiana
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 26–187,986
    September 30at Great Lakes Navy*
    		T 26–2625,000[4]
    October 7Purdue
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    		L 19–3515,210
    October 14IowaNo. 14
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 40–611,498
    October 21at Pittsburgh*
    		W 39–515,000
    October 28No. 1 Notre Dame*No. 14
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		L 7–1365,114
    November 11at No. 8 MichiganNo. 10
    		L 0–1443,922
    November 18vs. No. 4 Ohio State
    		L 12–2683,627
    November 25at Northwestern
    		W 25–638,000
    • *Non-conference game
    • 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
    — = Not ranked
    Week
    Poll12345678Final
    AP
    		14—14910———15

    References

    1. ^ "1944 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
    2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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