1944 Northwestern
1–7–1 (0–5–1 Western Conference), coached by Pappy Waldorf. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat DePauw 62–0Sep 23
By 62 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vsDePauw | W 62–0 | 92% |
| Sep 30 | vs Wisconsin | L 6–7 | 77% |
| Oct 7 | vsGreat Lakes Navy | L 0–25 | 47% |
| Oct 14 | at 12Michigan | L 0–27 | 27% |
| Oct 21 | vs 20Indiana | L 7–14 | 49% |
| Nov 4 | at Minnesota | T 14–14 | 40% |
| Nov 11 | vs Purdue | L 7–27 | 42% |
| Nov 18 | at 11Notre Dame | L 0–21 | 18% |
| Nov 25 | vs Illinois | L 6–25 | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Illinois 25–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
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.
- Record
- 1–7–1
- Conference
- 0–5–1 8th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 102–160
- Coach
- Pappy Waldorf
- Elo
- 1421 −139 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 3.1 No. 39 of 95 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Ray Justak
- Most valuable player
- Max Morris
All-Big Ten
2 second teamSecond team
Duane F. SickelsEUP-2- Ray JustakOGUP-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ohio State | 6–0 | 9–0 | 2 |
| Michigan | 5–2 | 8–2 | 8 |
| Purdue | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| Minnesota | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Indiana | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| Illinois | 3–3 | 5–4–1 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 2–4 | 3–6 | |
| Northwestern | 0–5–1 | 1–7–1 | |
 Iowa | 0–6 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.