1944 Orange Bowl
10th Orange Bowl
LSU Tigers Texas A&M Aggies
(5–3) (7–1–1)
SEC SWC
19 14
Head coach: 
Bernie Moore		 Head coach: 
Homer H. Norton
1234 Total
LSU 12070 19
Texas A&M 7070 14
DateJanuary 1, 1944
Season1943
StadiumBurdine Stadium
LocationMiami, Florida
RefereeRay McCullouch (SWC;
split crew: SWC, SEC)
Attendance69,000[1]
Orange Bowl
 < 1943  1945 > 

The 1944 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the LSU Tigers and Texas A&M Aggies. It was the 10th edition of the Orange Bowl. The teams had met in the regular season, with Texas A&M winning at LSU 28–13. LSU however defeated Texas A&M 19–14 in the bowl rematch.[2][3] Despite A&M coach Homer Norton devising a game-plan specifically to stop him, halfback Steve Van Buren was responsible for all points scored by the Tigers, as he ran for two touchdowns, threw for one more, and kicked LSU's only successful extra point attempt.[1]

Scoring summary

Statistics

Statistics LSU Texas A&M
First downs 7 9
Rushing Attempts 48 24
Rushing yards 207 4
Passing yards 92 171
Total offense 299 175
Interceptions 0 5
Punts–average 10–40.3 9–41.8
Fumbles–lost 3–3 5–2
Penalties–yards 7–81 4–35

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Butler, Guy (January 3, 1944). "Devised All We Could In Advance To Stop Van, Didn't Work—Norton". The Miami News. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "TEXAS A&M; OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  3. ^ "The 1940s | Orange Bowl".


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