1944 Navy Midshipmen football team

1944 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 4
1944 record	6–3
Head coach	Oscar Hagberg (1st season)
Captain	Ben Chase
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons

Template:1944 college football independents records The 1944 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1944 college football season. In their first season under head coach Oscar Hagberg, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–3 record, shut out three opponents and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 236 to 88. Navy was ranked #4 in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	North Carolina Pre-Flight		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–21
October 7	Penn State		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 55–14
October 14	Duke	No. 6	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 7–0
October 21	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	No. 9	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 15–17
October 28	at No. 7 Penn	No. 12	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 26–0
November 4	No. 2 Notre Dame	No. 6	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 32–13	60,938
November 11	Cornell	No. 3	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 48–0
November 18	No. 14 Purdue	No. 3	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 32–0
December 2	vs. No. 1 Army	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–23
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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