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1944 Yale

7–⁠0–⁠1, coached by Howard Odell.

Schedule and results

Yale in 1944, game by game: won vs. Coast Guard 7–3; won vs. Cornell 16–7; won vs. Columbia 27–10; won vs. Rochester (NY) 32–0; won vs. Dartmouth 6–0; won vs. Brown 13–0; won vs. North Carolina 13–6; tied vs. Virginia 6–6+32Won 7–3 vs. Coast Guard+4Coast GuardWon 16–7 vs. Cornell+9CornellWon 27–10 vs. Columbia+17ColumbiaWon 32–0 vs. Rochester (NY)+32Rochester (NY)Won 6–0 vs. Dartmouth+6DartmouthWon 13–0 vs. Brown+13BrownWon 13–6 vs. North Carolina+7North CarolinaTied 6–6 vs. Virginia0Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsCoast GuardW 7–⁠357%
Oct 7vsCornellW 16–⁠736%
Oct 14vsColumbiaW 27–⁠1044%
Oct 28vsRochester (NY)W 32–⁠065%
Nov 4vsDartmouthW 6–⁠033%
Nov 11vsBrownW 13–⁠056%
Nov 18vsNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠648%
Nov 25vsVirginiaT 6–⁠646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Virginia 6–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 20
  2. Wk 8: 18

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-AmericanPaul Walker, E

Record
7–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
120–⁠32
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1417 +174 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.4 No. 41 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Macauley Whiting