1944 NC State Wolfpack football team

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1944 NC State Wolfpack football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–2 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumRiddick Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Maryland 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
North Carolina 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 NC State Wolfpack football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1944 college football season. In its first season under head coach Beattie Feathers, the team compiled a 7–2 record (3–2 against SoCon opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 173 to 63.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Milligan*
W 27–74,500[3]
September 30vs. Virginia*
W 13–0[4]
October 7vs. Clemson
L 7–135,000[5]
October 14Catawba*
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
W 12–7[6]
October 21Wake Forest
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
L 7–218,000–11,000[7]
October 28vs. William & Mary
  • Foreman Field
  • Norfolk, VA
W 19–212,500[8]
November 4at VMI
W 21–6[9]
November 10at Miami (FL)*
W 28–712,412[10]
November 18Richmonddagger
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
W 39–0[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1944 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Wolfpack Football 2019 NC State Media Guide" (PDF). North Carolina State University. 2019. p. 150. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "N.C. State trounces Milligan Buffs 27–7". The Bristol Herald Courier. September 24, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wolfpack Upsets Cavaliers, 13-0". Daily Press. October 1, 1944. p. 16B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Clemson downs State". Winston-Salem Journal. October 8, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wolfpack rallies in fourth to nose out Catawba, 12 to 7". Greensboro Daily News. October 15, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wake Forest defeats scrappy State eleven, 21–7". The Sunday Star-News. October 22, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Alert Wolfpack bowls over Indians, 19–2". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. October 29, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "State gets 21–6 victory over Dominion's Cadets". The News and Observer. November 5, 1944. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wolfpack defeats Hurricanes, 28–7". The Palm Beach Post. November 11, 1944. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "North Carolina State Downs Richmond, 39-0". The Baltimore Sun. November 19, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
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