1944 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team information
American college football season
1944Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
5–3–1 (3–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
George Hauser (3rd season)
MVP
John Lundquist
Captain
Game captains
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 Ohio State $
6
–
0
–
0
9
–
0
–
0
No. 8 Michigan
5
–
2
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Purdue
4
–
2
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Minnesota
3
–
2
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Indiana
4
–
3
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
No. 15 Illinois
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
1
Wisconsin
2
–
4
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Northwestern
0
–
5
–
1
1
–
7
–
1
Iowa
0
–
6
–
0
1
–
7
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1944 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach George Hauser, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–3–1 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 225 to 162.[1]
No players were awarded any major awards, All-American status or All-Big Ten status.[2][3][4] Back John Lundquist was awarded the Team MVP Award.[5]
Total attendance for the season was 179,979, which averaged to 29,997. The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.[6]
^"1944 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 179[permanent dead link]
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 182[permanent dead link]
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
^Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide(PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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