1944 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1944 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record1–7 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBob Snyder
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
Seasons
  1943
1945  
1944 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 6 0 09 0 0
No. 8 Michigan 5 2 08 2 0
Purdue 4 2 05 5 0
Minnesota 3 2 15 3 1
Indiana 4 3 07 3 0
No. 15 Illinois 3 3 05 4 1
Wisconsin 2 4 03 6 0
Northwestern 0 5 11 7 1
Iowa 0 6 01 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Slip Madigan's second and final season as head coach for the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Ohio State L 0–3435,358
October 14at No. 14 Illinois L 6–40
October 21No. 11 Purdue Dagger-14-plain.pngL 7–2617,000
October 28at No. 17 Indiana L 0–32
November 4 Nebraska *W 27–6
November 11at Wisconsin L 7–26
November 18 Minnesota L 0–4611,200
November 25No. 7 Iowa Pre-Flight *L 6–302,500 [1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Iowa Wilts in 4th, Bows, 30-6". The Des Moines Sunday Register. November 26, 1944. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.