1944 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1944 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–5 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBabe Dimancheff
CaptainBabe Dimancheff
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
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 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Cecil Isbell, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–5 record, finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 207 to 166.[1][2]

Notable players from the 1944 Purdue team included fullback Babe Dimancheff, end Frank Bauman, and tackle Pat O'Brien.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Great Lakes Navy*
L 18–2725,000[3]
September 30Marquette*
W 40–711,000[4][5]
October 7at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry
    • )    		W 35–1915,210
    October 14No. 11 Iowa Pre-Flight*No. 7
    • Ross–Ade Stadium
    • West Lafayette, IN
    		L 6–1318,000[6]
    October 21at IowaNo. 11
    		W 26–717,000
    October 28at MichiganNo. 10
    		L 14–4044,276
    November 4Wisconsindagger
    • Ross–Ade Stadium
    • West Lafayette, IN
    		W 35–016,000
    November 11at Northwestern
    		W 27–725,000
    November 18at No. 3
    Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
    		• L 0–3235,000
    November 25Indiana
    		L 6–1427,500
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    [7]

    Rankings

    See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
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    AP
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    Games summaries

    Marquette

    Indiana

    References

    1. ^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
    2. ^ "1944 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
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    7. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 85. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
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