1944 Tulane
4–3 (1–2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Claude Simons. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 21–0Oct 14
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 | at Notre Dame | L 0–26 | 19% |
| Oct 14 | vs Rice | W 21–0 | 70% |
| Oct 21 | vs Auburn | W 16–13 | 53% |
| Oct 28 | vs SMU | W 27–7 | 73% |
| Nov 11 | at 13Georgia Tech | L 7–34 | 26% |
| Nov 18 | vs Clemson | W 36–20 | 66% |
| Nov 30 | at LSU | L 6–25 | 49% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to LSU 25–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
- 4–3
- Conference
- 1–2 8th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 113–125
- Coach
- Claude Simons
- Elo
- 1513 +7 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.5 No. 46 of 95 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1945
The 1945 draft| Rd 1 | Joe Renfroe B | Brooklyn Tigers |
All-SEC
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Ray OlsonEAP-1- Dub JonesRBAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Gaston BourgeoisOGAP-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | 4–0 | 8–3 | 13 |
 Tennessee | 5–0–1 | 7–1–1 | 12 |
 Georgia | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
 Alabama | 3–1–2 | 5–2–2 | |
 Mississippi State | 3–2 | 6–2 | |
| LSU | 2–3–1 | 2–5–1 | |
 Ole Miss | 2–3 | 2–6 | |
| Tulane | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
 Kentucky | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
 Florida | 0–3 | 4–3 | |
| Auburn | 0–4 | 4–4 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.