1944 Purdue Boilermakers football team
| 1944 Purdue Boilermakers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (4–2 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Babe Dimancheff |
| Captain | Babe Dimancheff |
| Home stadium | Ross–Ade Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | at Great Lakes Navy* |
| L 18–27 | 25,000 | [3] | |
| September 30 | Marquette* | W 40–7 | 11,000 | [4][5] | ||
| October 7 | at Illinois | W 35–19 | 15,210 | |||
| October 14 | No. 11 Iowa Pre-Flight* | No. 7 |
| L 6–13 | 18,000 | [6] |
| October 21 | at Iowa | No. 11 | W 26–7 | 17,000 | ||
| October 28 | at Michigan | No. 10 | L 14–40 | 44,276 | ||
| November 4 | Wisconsin |
| W 35–0 | 16,000 | ||
| November 11 | at Northwestern | W 27–7 | 25,000 | |||
| November 18 | at No. 3 Navy* | No. 14 | L 0–32 | 35,000 | ||
| November 25 | Indiana |
| L 6–14 | 27,500 | ||
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Rankings
[edit]| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | 7 (2) | 11 | 10 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
Games summaries
[edit]Marquette
[edit]- Bump Elliott 7 rushes, 121 yards
Indiana
[edit]- Babe Dimancheff 16 rushes, 140 yards
References
[edit]- ^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "1944 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ Bert McGrane (September 24, 1944). "Youel Fires Sailors Over Purdue, 27-18: Iowan Runs 93 and Hurls for 3 Tallies". The Des Moines Register. p. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jim Mitchell (October 1, 1944). "Purdue Wallops Marquette, 40-7". The Muncie Sunday Star. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. Blaine Patton (September 23, 1945). "Purdue, Indiana Capture Close Games: Isbell's Team Triumphs By 14-13 Margin". The Indianapolis Star. pp. 37, 38 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sec Taylor (October 15, 1944). "Seahawks Surprise Purdue, 13-6". The Des Moines Sunday Register. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 85. Retrieved January 29, 2023.