1944 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

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1944 Massachusetts State Aggies football
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The 1944 Massachusetts State Aggies football team was to represent Massachusetts State College in the 1944 college football season. Mass State did not field an official varsity football team during this season as most able-bodied men of college age were serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.

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