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American college football season

1944 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainMacauley Whiting
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons← 19431945 →
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 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1944 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–0–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Coast GuardW 7–316,000
October 7Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–725,000
October 14Columbia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–1010,000
October 28Rochester
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–08,000
November 4Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–040,000
November 11Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–012,000
November 18North CarolinaNo. 20
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–610,000
November 25Virginia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
T 6–618,000
  • 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 т = Tied with team above or below
Week
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References

  1. "Year By Year Scores: 1944". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 69. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. "1944 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  4. Lee, Bill (October 1, 1944). "Yale Drives 63 Yards for Touchdown to Turn Back Coast Guard Academy 7-3; Loh Tallies for Blue in Last Period". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Danzig, Allison (October 8, 1944). "Yale Upsets Cornell; Elis Triumph, 16-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Richardson, William D. (October 15, 1944). "Yale Overcomes Columbia by 27-10 to Stay Unbeaten". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Cushing, Elliot (October 29, 1944). "Yale Batters Outclassed UR, 32-0: Penn, Barksdale Lead Rout; Line Thwarts Varsity". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Lee, Bill (November 5, 1944). "Yale Keeps Perfect Record by Shading Dartmouth, 6-0 Before 40,000 in Bowl; Elis Thwart Indians' Fourth Period Surge". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. McGowen, Roscoe (November 12, 1944). "Yale Subdues Brown, 13-0, Counting in Last 2 Periods". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Keyes, Frank (November 19, 1944). "Unbeaten, Untied Elis Capture Seventh, 13-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Claassen, Harold (November 26, 1944). "Yale, Virginia in Tie; Elis' Hopes Crushed in 6-6 Deadlock". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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