1944 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team

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1944 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadium Spud Bowl
Seasons
←  1942
1946  →
1944 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nevada  – 4 –4 –0
Idaho Southern Branch  – 4 –5 –0
Pacific (CA)  – 3 –8 –0
Saint Mary's  – 0 –5 –0

The 1944 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Idaho, Southern Branch (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In their third season under head coach John Vesser, the team compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents, 199 to 94. [1] [2]

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The Bengals had most recently fielded a team during 1942 and next competed in 1946; no team was fielded during 1943 or 1945 due to World War II. Described as "the first all-Navy football team ever to take the field" for the university, [3] the players were part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program.

Schedule

Contested during World War II, six of the team's games were played against military service teams. One of the games was contested outside the United States, in Edmonton against a squad of U.S. military servicemen called the Alaska Clippers. [4]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Second Air Force
L 0–45 [5] [6]
September 23 Pocatello Marine Base [lower-alpha 1]
  • Spud Bowl
  • Pocatello, ID
W 27–0 [8] [9]
September 30 at Utah
L 0–242,929 [10]
October 15at Fort Warren
L 0–66 [11] [12]
October 21 Utah
  • Spud Bowl
  • Pocatello, ID
L 12–38 [13]
October 28 at Edmonton AAB
W 7–65,500 [4]
November 11 at Utah State
L 7–8 [14]
November 18 vs. Edmonton AAB
W 7–6 [15] [16] [17]
November 23 Pocatello Marine Base [lower-alpha 1]
  • Spud Bowl
  • Pocatello, ID
W 34–6 [18]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Marines were stationed at the Naval Ordnance Plant (NOP) in Pocatello. [3] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Idaho St. Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2011 Idaho State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Idaho State University. 2011. p. 97. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Kay Borton, ed. (October 1944). "For the more ambitious and for those who survived P.T. there is football..." Dittybag. Vol. 2, no. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via ISU.edu.
  4. 1 2 "Idaho wins 7–6 over Clippers". Calgary Herald . CP. October 30, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via Google News.
  5. ↑ "Glenn Dobbs Plays In Pocatello Today". Times-News . Twin Falls, Idaho. AP. September 17, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Superbombers Score 45-0 Win Over Idaho". Eugene Register-Guard . Eugene, Oregon. AP. September 18, 1944. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Naval Ordnance Plant, Pocatello, Idaho". oclc.org. Idaho Commission for Libraries. c. 1943. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Last Second Run Gives UCLA Tie With USC Eleven". Post Register . Idaho Falls, Idaho. AP. September 25, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Football Scores". Post Register . Idaho Falls, Idaho. September 25, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Utes Capture Opening Tilt". Salt Lake Tribune . October 2, 1944. p. 11. Retrieved April 30, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Fort Warren Backfield Shifted for Idaho Game". Fort Collins Express-Courier . Fort Collins, Colorado. Associated Press. October 15, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 10, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  12. ↑ "Soldiers Swamp Idaho Southern". The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. AP. October 16, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Idahoans Wreck UISB Chances". Post Register . Idaho Falls, Idaho. October 23, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Southern Crew Loses by Point". Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho. AP. November 12, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "This is Jack Bailey (photo)". Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho. November 17, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Ted Diehl Again Placekicks Win For UISB Eleven". Times-News . Twin Falls, Idaho. AP. November 19, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "A Letter From Home to Your Soldier: Pot Pourri". Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho. November 26, 1944. p. 2. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Idaho Southern Whips Marines". Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho. AP. November 24, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
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