1944 Maryville Bearcats football team

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1944 Maryville Bearcats football
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MIAA champion
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–0 (1–0 MIAA)
Head coach
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The 1944 Maryville Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented Maryville State Teachers College (also known as Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, later renamed as Northwest Missouri State University) at Maryville, Missouri, as a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1944 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Ryland Milner, [1] the Bearcats compiled a perfect 7–0 record (1–0 against MIAA opponents), shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 209 to 21. [2] [3] They were ranked at No. 86 among the nation's college and military service teams in the final 1944 Litkenhous Ratings. [4]

The team was led by halfback George W. Campbell who coach Miller called "the classiest back throughout the midwest" and "the best brokenfield runner I've ever seen here." [5]

The season ended on October 13 as coach Milner's efforts to schedule an additional opponent were unsuccessful. [6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 1 Washburn Maryville, MO W 27–0 [7]
September 8at Missouri Valley Marshall, MO W 38–0 [8]
September 15at Pittsburg State Pittsburg, KS W 26–13 [9]
September 22 Central Missouri State Maryville, MOW 28–6 [10]
September 29at Peru State Peru, NE W 29–0 [11]
October 6at Washburn
W 25–0 [12]
October 13Pittsburg StateMaryville, MOW 33–2 [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Only a Losing Milner Team Would Make News". The St. Joseph-News. October 26, 1944. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Bearcats Go Undefeated". St. Joseph Gazette. October 17, 1944. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Paper in England Prints Story About the Bearcats". The Maryville Daily Forum. November 6, 1944. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 17, 1944). "Army, Randolph Field One-Two in Final Litkenhouse Ratings". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Campbell Speeds Young 'Cat Club To High Honors". The Maryville Daily Forum. October 19, 1944. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Bearcats Seek a Game For Home Field Oct. 20". The Maryville Daily Forum. October 10, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Bearcats Defeat Washburn 27-0: Maryville Takes Opening Football Game in Easy Fashion". The Maryville Daily Forum. September 2, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Bearcats Crush Valley 38 to 0". The Maryville Daily Forum. September 9, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Maryville Beats Pittsburg, 26-13". The Wichita Eagle. September 16, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Bearcats Roar From Behind to Beat the Mules". The Maryville Daily Forum. September 23, 1944. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Bearcats Beat Peru Teachers". The Maryville Daily Forum. September 30, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Bearcats Defeat Washburn Teachers For the 2nd Time". October 7, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Bearcats Defeat Pittsburg 33-2 For Seventh Win". The Maryville Daily Forum. October 14, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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