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The 1944 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 504 to 35.[1] Army's 1944 season was part of a 32-game undefeated streak that included the entire 1944, 1945, and 1946 seasons.

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 1
Record9–0
Headcoach
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1944 Army Cadets football
AP Poll national champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainTom Lombardo
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
 1943
1945 
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1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army  900
Yale  701
Harvard  510
Bucknell  721
Penn State  630
Penn  530
Boston College  430
Cornell  540
Villanova  440
Drexel  220
Pittsburgh  450
Brown  341
Temple  242
Syracuse  241
Princeton  120
Dartmouth  251
Colgate  250
NYU  250
Columbia  260
Tufts  141
Franklin & Marshall  180
CCNY  070
Rankings from AP Poll
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In the final AP Poll released on December 5, Army was ranked No. 1 nationally with 1,165 points, more than 200 points ahead of No. 2 Ohio State.[2] Army was also recognized as the 1944 national champion by most other selectors, both at the time and retroactively in later decades, including the Billingsley Report, Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Dunkel System, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Sagarin Ratings.[3] Army also won the Lambert Trophy as the best football team in the east.[4]

Army halfback Glenn Davis received the Maxwell Award as the best college football player of 1944.[5] Davis and fullback Doc Blanchard were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1944 All-America college football team.[6]

Six persons affiliated with the 1944 Army team were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: head coach Blaik (inducted 1964);[7] Blanchard (inducted 1959);[8] Davis (inducted 1961);[9] end Barney Poole (inducted 1974);[10] quarterback Doug Kenna (inducted 1984);[11] and guard John Green (inducted 1989).[12]

The team captain was Tom Lombardo. Other notable players included tackle Tex Coulter, guard Joe Stanowicz, and center Robert St. Onge.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30North CarolinaW 46–07,000[13]
October 7Brown
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 59–73,500[14]
October 14PittsburghNo. 3
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 69–710,000[15][16]
October 21Coast GuardNo. 2
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 76–03,000[17]
October 28vs. DukeNo. 2W 27–745,000[18]
November 4VillanovaNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 83–0[19]
November 11vs. No. 5 Notre DameNo. 1W 59–074,437[20]
November 18at PennNo. 1W 62–765,000[21]
December 2vs. No. 2 NavyNo. 1W 23–770,000[22][23]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
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( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP3 (3)2 (11.67)2 (30)1 (41)1 (58)1 (77)1 (65.33)1 (55.33)1 (95)
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