1944 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1944 Missouri Tigers football Big Six Conference Big 6 3–5–2 2–1–2 Chauncey Simpson 2nd Memorial Stadium The 1944 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–2 record (2–1–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 224 to 176. Chauncey Simpson was the head coach for the second of three seasons.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1944-schedule.html 1944 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 10, 20162016 Mizzou Football Media Guide University of Missouri 158 November 10, 2016 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2016/7/13/16_fb_media_guide.pdf November 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161110235532/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2016/7/13/16_fb_media_guide.pdf dead The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorer was Paul Collins with 60 points.2014 Mizzou Football Records Book University of Missouri 26 November 11, 2016 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf September 28, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf dead Schedule 1944 AP y y September 23 vs Arkansas<ncg> Walsh Stadium St. Louis, MO (rivalry) L 6-7 8,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-missouri-bows-to/168154807/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri bows to Arkansas, 7–6; Porker score on blocked punt September 24, 1944 March 16, 2025 Newspapers.com September 30 at No. 8 Ohio State<ncg> Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH L 0-54 29,908 October 7 at Kansas State Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS W 33-0 October 14 at Minnesota<ncg> Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN L 27-39 24,207 October 21 Iowa State Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) T 21-21 5,281 October 28 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry) L 20-24 8,000 November 4 Michigan State<ncg> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO W 13-7 5,000 Missouri Rally Halts Spartan Bowl March with 13-to-7 Triumph Detroit Free Press November 4, 1944 Bob Latshaw 2-1, 2-2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20719004/missouri_rally_halts_spartan_bowl_march/ Newspapers.com November 11 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry) T 21-21 November 18 Iowa Pre-Flight<ncg> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO L 7-51 Seahawks Grind Missouri, 51-7 The Des Moines Sunday Register November 19, 1944 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17729657/seahawks_grind_missouri/ Newspapers.com November 23 vs Kansas Blues Stadium Kansas City, MO (rivalry) W 28-0 19,969 Tiger V-3 Clicks: Jayhawks Are Shattered by Jim Kekeris, 273-Pound Lineman Shifted to Fullback The Kansas City Times C.E. McBride November 24, 1944 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115362789/tiger-v-3-clicks-jayhawks-are/ Newspapers.com References Missouri Category:Missouri Tigers football seasons Missouri Tigers football