1944 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1944 Harvard Crimson football Independent 5–1 Henry Lamar 2nd Wally Trumbull Jr. Harvard Stadium The 1944 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1944 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Henry Lamar, the team compiled a 5–1 record and outscored its opponents 100 to 37. Wally Trumbull Jr. was the team captain.Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results Harvard University Cambridge, Mass. June 20, 2020 https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334 July 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706155918/https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334 dead For 1944, as in 1943, rather than scheduling its usual mix of Ivy League opponents and national college football powerhouses, Harvard played a shorter schedule of smaller New England colleges and military teams. Its football record book describes these two World War II-era seasons as "informal". Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule y y y AP 1944 September 16 1944 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 19-12 12,000 Harvard's Eleven Downs Tufts, 19-12 Associated Press September 17, 1944 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. September 23 1944 Bates Bobcats Bates Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 43-6 8,000 Harvard Crushes Bates on Gridiron Associated Press September 24, 1944 S3 The New York Times New York, N.Y. September 30 1944 WPI Engineers Worcester Tech Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 13-0 8,500 Harvard Turns Back Worcester Tech, 13-0 Associated Press October 1, 1944 S3 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 7 Boston College Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 13-0 43,000 43,000 See Harvard Down Eagles, 13-0 October 8, 1944 Associated Press S3 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 11 Melville PT Boat Training Center Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 0-13 7,500 Navy P.T. Shells Harvard, 13-0 Dan Kane November 12, 1944 26 The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54867583/1944-harvard-melville Newspapers.com November 18 @ 1944 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Ellis Oval Medford, MA W 12-6 5,000 Harvard Victor over Tufts United Press International November 19, 1944 S3 The New York Times New York, N.Y. References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1940s in Boston