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1944 Indiana

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Western Conference), coached by Bo McMillin.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1944, game by game: won vs. Fort Knox 72–0; lost at Illinois 18–26; won at Michigan 20–0; won vs. Nebraska 54–0; won at Northwestern 14–7; won vs. Iowa 32–0; lost at No. 3 Ohio State 7–21; lost at Minnesota 14–19; won vs. Pittsburgh 47–0; won at Purdue 14–6+72−14Won 72–0 vs. Fort Knox+72Fort KnoxLost 18–26 at Illinois-8IllinoisWon 20–0 at Michigan+20MichiganWon 54–0 vs. Nebraska+54NebraskaWon 14–7 at Northwestern+7NorthwesternWon 32–0 vs. Iowa+32IowaLost 7–21 at No. 3 Ohio State-14No. 3 Ohio StateLost 14–19 at Minnesota-5MinnesotaWon 47–0 vs. Pittsburgh+47PittsburghWon 14–6 at Purdue+8Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsFort KnoxW 72–⁠090%
Sep 23atIllinoisL 18–⁠2652%
Sep 30atMichiganW 20–⁠021%
Oct 14vsNebraskaW 54–⁠080%
Oct 21atNorthwesternW 14–⁠751%
Oct 28vsIowaW 32–⁠081%
Nov 4at3Ohio StateL 7–⁠2136%
Nov 11atMinnesotaL 14–⁠1953%
Nov 18vsPittsburghW 47–⁠078%
Nov 25atPurdueW 14–⁠638%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 15

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.

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Tavener, C

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
292–⁠79
Coach
Bo McMillin
Elo
1604 +90 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
22.4 No. 11 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
John Tavener
Most valuable player
John Tavener

Drafted in 1945

The 1945 draft
Rd 5Pete Pihos EPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob HoernschemeyerRBUP-2
  • George M. SundheimFBUP-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 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State6–⁠09–⁠02
Michigan5–⁠28–⁠28
Purdue4–⁠25–⁠5
Minnesota3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Indiana4–⁠37–⁠3
Illinois3–⁠35–⁠4–⁠115
Wisconsin2–⁠43–⁠6
Northwestern0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa0–⁠61–⁠7

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