1944 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record3–5–2 (2–1–2 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Iowa State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Missouri 2 – 1 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Nebraska 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Kansas 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Kansas State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1944 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–2 record (2–1–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 224 to 176. Chauncey Simpson was the head coach for the second of three seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

The team's leading scorer was Paul Collins with 60 points.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Arkansas*
L 6–7
September 30at No. 8 Ohio State*
L 0–5429,908
October 7at Kansas State
W 33–0
October 14at Minnesota*
L 27–3924,207
October 21Iowa State
T 21–215,281
October 28at Nebraska
L 20–248,000
November 4Michigan State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 13–75,000[4]
November 11at Oklahoma
T 21–21
November 18Iowa Pre-Flight*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
L 7–51[5]
November 23vs. Kansas
W 28–019,969[6]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1944 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Bob Latshaw (November 4, 1944). "Missouri Rally Halts Spartan Bowl March with 13-to-7 Triumph". Detroit Free Press. pp. 2–1, 2–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Seahawks Grind Missouri, 51-7". The Des Moines Sunday Register. November 19, 1944. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ C.E. McBride (November 24, 1944). "Tiger V-3 Clicks: Jayhawks Are Shattered by Jim Kekeris, 273-Pound Lineman Shifted to Fullback". The Kansas City Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.


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