1944 Missouri Tigers football team
| 1944 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 3–5–2 (2–1–2 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 Missouri Tigers football team was an
Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–2 record (2–1–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 224 to 176. Chauncey Simpson was the head coach for the second of three seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri
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The team's leading scorer was Paul Collins with 60 points.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | vs. Arkansas* |
| L 6–7 | ||||
| September 30 | at No. 8 Ohio State* | L 0–54 | 29,908 | ||||
| October 7 | at Kansas State | W 33–0 | |||||
| October 14 | at Minnesota* | L 27–39 | 24,207 | ||||
| October 21 | Iowa State | T 21–21 | 5,281 | ||||
| October 28 | at Nebraska | L 20–24 | 8,000 | ||||
| November 4 | Michigan State* |
| W 13–7 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
| November 11 | at Oklahoma | T 21–21 | |||||
| November 18 | Iowa Pre-Flight* |
| L 7–51 | [5] | |||
| November 23 | vs. Kansas | W 28–0 | 19,969 | [6] | |||
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References
- ^ "1944 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- Newspapers.com.
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