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1944 Georgia Tech

8–⁠3 (4–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by William Alexander, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1944, game by game: won vs. Clemson 51–0; won vs. North Carolina 28–0; won vs. Auburn 27–0; won vs. No. 9 Navy 17–15; won vs. Georgia Pre-Flight 13–7; lost at Duke 13–19; won vs. Tulane 34–7; won at LSU 14–6; lost vs. No. 18 Notre Dame 0–21; won at Georgia 44–0; lost vs. Tulsa 12–26+51−21Won 51–0 vs. Clemson+51ClemsonWon 28–0 vs. North Carolina+28North CarolinaWon 27–0 vs. Auburn+27AuburnWon 17–15 vs. No. 9 Navy+2No. 9 NavyWon 13–7 vs. Georgia Pre-Flight+6Georgia Pre-Fli…Lost 13–19 at Duke-6DukeWon 34–7 vs. Tulane+27TulaneWon 14–6 at LSU+8LSULost 0–21 vs. No. 18 Notre Dame-21No. 18 Notre DameWon 44–0 at Georgia+44GeorgiaLost 12–26 vs. Tulsa-14Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsClemsonW 51–⁠079%
Oct 7vsNorth CarolinaW 28–⁠075%
Oct 14vsAuburnW 27–⁠069%
Oct 21vs9NavyW 17–⁠1563%
Oct 27vsGeorgia Pre-FlightW 13–⁠768%
Nov 4atDukeL 13–⁠1963%
Nov 11vsTulaneW 34–⁠774%
Nov 18atLSUW 14–⁠666%
Nov 25vs18Notre DameL 0–⁠2160%
Dec 2atGeorgiaW 44–⁠051%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsTulsaOrange BowlL 12–⁠2659%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 26–⁠12 in the Orange Bowl; No. 13 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 9
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Final: 13

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1944.

Southeastern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanPhil Tinsley, E

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 5
Points
253–⁠101
Coach
William Alexander
Elo
1660 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.6 No. 17 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Phil Tinsley

Drafted in 1945

The 1945 draft
Rd 1Eddie Prokop BBoston Yanks
Rd 7John Steber OGWashington Redskins

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Maurice FurchgottOGAP-2
  • Dinky BowenQBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1944 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech4–⁠08–⁠313
Tennessee5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠112
Georgia4–⁠27–⁠3
Alabama3–⁠1–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Mississippi State3–⁠26–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠32–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠24–⁠3
Kentucky1–⁠53–⁠6
Florida0–⁠34–⁠3
Auburn0–⁠44–⁠4

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.