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1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Sugar Bowl, L 26–29 vs. Duke
Conference Southeastern Conference
1944 record 5–2–2 (3–1–2 SEC)
Head coach Frank Thomas (14th year)
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1942
1945 →
1944 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
#12 Tennessee 5 – 0 – 1     7 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Alabama 3 – 1 – 2     5 – 2 – 2
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 1     2 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 2 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
Auburn 0 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 0 – 0     3 – 0 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 7 14 6 0 27
LSU 7 7 7 6 27
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • Game attendance: 32,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Howard 0 0 0 7 7
• Alabama 0 14 28 21 63
  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 5,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Millsaps 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 7 6 21 21 55
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Source:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
#17 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Shields-Watkins Field
    Knoxville, TN
  • Game attendance: 32,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 7 20 14 0 41
  • Date: October 27
  • Location: Cramton Bowl
    Montgomery, AL
  • Game attendance: 16,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Georgia 0 0 7 7 14
#19 Alabama 0 7 0 0 7
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 22,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Ole Miss 0 6 0 0 6
• Alabama 21 0 0 13 34
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Murphy H.S. Stadium
    Mobile, AL
  • Game attendance: 8,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 7 6 6 0 19
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 23,000
  • Source:

The 1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1944 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 50th overall and 11th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. They finished the season with a record of five wins, two losses and two ties (5–2–2 overall, 3–1–2 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Sugar Bowl against Duke.

After a tie against LSU to open the season, Alabama then defeated both Howard and Millsaps before they dueled Tennessee to a scoreless tie in the fourth week. The Crimson Tide then defeated Kentucky before they suffered their only regular season loss against Georgia. Alabama then closed the season with wins over both Ole Miss and Mississippi State and secured a position in the Sugar Bowl where they lost to Duke.


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