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1944 Southeastern Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 23, 1944 – January 1, 1945 (1944-09-23 – 1945-01-01)
Number of teams12
ChampionGeorgia Tech
SEC seasons
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1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 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

The 1944 Southeastern Conference football season was the twelfth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1944 college football season. Georgia Tech compiled an 8–3 overall record, with a conference record of 4–0, and was SEC champion.

Results and team statistics

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Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record AP
final 		PPG PAG
1 Georgia Tech William Alexander 8–3–0 (.727) 4–0–0 (1.000) No. T–13 23.0 9.2
2 Tennessee John Barnhill 7–1–1 (.833) 5–0–1 (.917) No. 12 19.2 8.1
3 Georgia Wally Butts 7–3–0 (.700) 4–2–0 (.667) 27.3 13.0
4 Alabama Frank Thomas 5–2–2 (.667) 3–1–2 (.667) 30.2 9.2
5 Mississippi State Allyn McKeen 6–2–0 (.750) 3–2–0 (.600) 27.4 9.9
6 LSU Bernie Moore 2–5–1 (.313) 2–3–1 (.417) 11.5 12.6
7 Ole Miss Harry Mehre 2–6–0 (.250) 2–3–0 (.400) 9.6 22.3
8 Tulane Claude Simons Jr. 4–3–0 (.571) 1–2–0 (.333) 16.1 17.9
9 Kentucky Albert D. Kirwan 3–6–0 (.333) 1–5–0 (.167) 13.9 16.3
10 Florida Tom Lieb 4–3–0 (.571) 0–3–0 (.000) 15.4 19.4
11 Auburn Carl M. Voyles 4–4–0 (.500) 0–4–0 (.000) 22.6 17.1
12 Vanderbilt Doby Bartling 3–0–1 (.875) 0–0–0 (–) 16.8 5.8

Key
AP final = Rankings from AP sports writers. See 1944 NCAA football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]

Schedule

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Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams in bold

Week Zero

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 23 Mayport NAS Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 36–6   6,000 [2]
September 23 Ole Miss Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  KEN 7–27   11,000 [3]

Week One

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 Howard (AL) Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery AL W 32–0   10,000 [4]
September 29 Wake Forest Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 7–14   8,500 [5]
September 30 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry) W 51–0   15,000 [6]
September 30 Jackson Field Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 41–0   2,500 [7]
September 30 Kentucky Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 26–13   15,000 [8]
September 30 Ole Miss Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL  OM 26–26   10,000 [9]
September 30 Alabama LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  T 27–27   32,000 [10]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 6 Presbyterian Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 67–0   [11]
October 7 North Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 28–0   15,000 [12]
October 7 Howard (AL) Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 63–7   5,000 [13]
October 7 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 56–0   [14]
October 7 Jacksonville NAS Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 27–20   4,500 [15]
October 7 Fourth Infantry Auburn Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL W 7–0   5,000 [16]
October 7 Sewanee V-12 Vanderbilt Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN (rivalry) T 0–0   [17]
October 7 LSU Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX L 13–14   10,000 [18]
October 7 Tulane Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 0–26   45,000 [19]
October 7 Michigan State Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY L 0–2   10,000 [20]
October 7 Tennessee Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN  TEN 20–7   15,000 [21]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 13 Kentucky Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA  UGA 13–12   9,000 [22]
October 14 Millsaps Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 55–0   [23]
October 14 Arkansas A&M Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 49–20   [24]
October 14 Rice Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 21–0   28,000 [25]
October 14 Texas A&M LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) L 0–7   25,000 [26]
October 14 Auburn No. 10 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  GT 27–7   20,000 [27]
October 14 Florida No. 15 Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 40–0   8,000 [28]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 Daniel Field Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 53–6   3,000 [29]
October 20 VMI Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 26–2   8,000 [30]
October 21 No. 9 Navy No. 8 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W GT 17–15   35,000 [31]
October 21 No. 13 Tulsa Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN L 0–47   8,000 [32]
October 21 Florida No. 15 Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 40–0   8,000 [28]
October 21 Mississippi State LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  MSS 6–13   25,000 [33]
October 21 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  TUL 16–13   30,000 [34]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 27 Georgia Pre-Flight No. 5 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 13–7   15,000 [35]
October 27 Kentucky Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL  ALA 41–0   16,000 [36]
October 28 SMU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 27–7   22,000 [37]
October 28 Maryland Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 14–6   7,000 [38]
October 28 Tennessee Tech Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 19–7   5,000 [39]
October 28 Arkansas Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (rivalry) W 18–26   10,000 [40]
October 28 Clemson No. 19 Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 26–7   11,000 [41]
October 28 LSU Georgia Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  LSU 15–7   [42]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 3 Florida Miami (FL) Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (rivalry) W 13–0   16,415 [43]
November 4 Presbyterian Auburn Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL W 57–0   7,000 [44]
November 4 Vanderbilt Tennessee Tech Overhill Field • Cookeville, TN W 20–9   [45]
November 4 No. 5 Georgia Tech Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 13–19   30,000 [46]
November 4 Jackson Field Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS L 0–10   2,000 [47]
November 4 No. 16 Tennessee LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA  TEN 13–0   22,000 [48]
November 4 Georgia No. 19 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  UGA 14–7   22,000 [49]
November 4 Kentucky No. 18 Mississippi State Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN  MSS 26–0   8,000 [50]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 11 Sewanee V-12 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 28–7   5,000 [51]
November 11 Tulane No. 13 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  GT 34–7   20,000 [52]
November 11 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)  UGA 38–12   18,000 [53]
November 11 Ole Miss Alabama Murphy High School Stadium • Mobile, AL (rivalry)  ALA 34–6   8,000 [54]
November 11 No. 19 Mississippi State Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  MSS 26–21   14,000 [55]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 18 Temple No. 17 Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–14   15,000 [56]
November 18 Clemson Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 36–20   10,000 [57]
November 18 West Virginia Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 40–9   [58]
November 18 No. 9 Georgia Tech LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA  GT 14–6   10,000 [59]
November 18 Georgia Auburn Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA (rivaley)  UGA 49–13   20,000 [60]
November 18 No. 16 Mississippi State Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)  ALA 19–0   23,000 [61]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 24 Miami (FL) Auburn Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL W 38–19   13,000 [62]
November 24 Clemson Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry) W 21–7   3,500 [63]
November 25 No. 18 Notre Dame No. 10 Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 0–21   28,662 [64]
November 25 No. 15 Tennessee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  TEN 21–7   [65]
November 25 Mississippi State Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)  OM 8–13   8,000 [66]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 2 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)  GT 44–0   26,000 [67]
December 2 Tulane LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 25–6   30,000 [68]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Postseason

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
January 1, 1945 Tulsa No. 13 Georgia Tech Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) L 12–26   29,426 [69]
January 1, 1945 No. 12 Tennessee No. 7 USC Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) L 0–25   91,000 [70]
January 1, 1945 Alabama No. 11 Duke Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 26–29   66,822 [71]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

All-conference players

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For the complete All-SEC selections, see 1944 All-SEC football team.

The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1944 All-SEC football team:

All-Americans

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For the complete All-America selections, see 1944 College Football All-America Team.

One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1944 College Football All-America Team:[72]

  • Phil Tinsley, End, Georgia Tech (AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN)

Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:

Head coaches

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Records through the completion of the 1944 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Alabama Frank Thomas 14 124–29–8 (.795) 98–20–7 (.812) 49–13–6 (.765)
Auburn Carl M. Voyles 1 47–22–3 (.674) 4–4–0 (.500) 0–4–0 (.000)
Florida Tom Lieb 4 63–54–4 (.537) 16–21–0 (.432) 4–12–0 (.250)
Georgia Wally Butts 6 43–19–2 (.688) 43–19–2 (.688) 15–10–2 (.593)
Georgia Tech William Alexander 25 134–95–15 (.580) 134–95–15 (.580) 33–31–5 (.514)
Kentucky Albert D. Kirwan 6 24–28–4 (.464) 24–28–4 (.464) 4–22–3 (.190)
LSU Bernie Moore 10 74–45–7 (.615) 62–33–4 (.646) 31–22–3 (.580)
Mississippi State Allyn McKeen 5 53–13–2 (.794) 40–7–2 (.837) 19–6–2 (.741)
Ole Miss Harry Mehre 6 94–55–7 (.625) 35–21–1 (.623) 24–26–3 (.481)
Tennessee John Barnhill 3 24–4–2 (.833) 24–4–2 (.833) 12–2–1 (.833)
Tulane Claude Simons Jr. 3 22–23–1 (.489) 11–11–0 (.500) 3–7–0 (.300)
Vanderbilt Doby Bartling 1 3–0–1 (.875) 3–0–1 (.875) 0–0–0 (–)

1945 NFL draft

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The following SEC players were selected in the 1945 NFL draft:[73]

Round Overall Pick Player name School Position NFL team
1 1 Charley Trippi Georgia Halfback Chicago Cardinals
1 2 Paul Duhart Florida Halfback Pittsburgh Steelers
1 3 Joe Renfroe Tulane Back Brooklyn Tigers
1 4 Eddie Prokop Georgia Tech Back Boston Yanks
3 25 Alvin Dark LSU Back Philadelphia Eagles
4 28 Bob Dobelstein Tennessee Guard Chicago Cardinals
4 29 Roger Adams Florida Center Pittsburgh Steelers
5 43 Joe Graham Florida End Green Bay Packers
6 51 Johnny North Vanderbilt End Washington Redskins
6 53 Barney Poole Ole Miss End New York Giants
6 54 Don Wells Georgia Tackle Green Bay Packers
7 61 John Steber Georgia Tech Guard Washington Redskins
7 65 Casey Stephenson Tennessee Back Green Bay Packers
8 70 Johnny August Alabama Back Cleveland Rams
8 71 Art Porter Tulane End Washington Redskins
9 78 Gene Meeks Kentucky Back Chicago Cardinals
9 81 Dick Huffman Tennessee Tackle Cleveland Rams
9 84 Curt Kuykendall Auburn Back Washington Redskins
10 89 Art Brandau Tennessee Center Pittsburgh Steelers
10 90 Roy Cross Tennessee End Brooklyn Tigers
10 98 Hal Helscher LSU Back Green Bay Packers
11 101 Halley Heard LSU Tackle Chicago Cardinals
12 119 Billy Bevis Tennessee Back New York Giants
13 125 Jack Aland Alabama Tackle Cleveland Rams
13 127 Charlie Conerly Ole Miss Quarterback Washington Redskins
14 133 Hal Self Alabama Back Brooklyn Tigers
14 141 Stan Rhoades Mississippi State Back New York Giants
15 151 Bill Montgomery LSU Back Philadelphia Eagles
16 163 Jim Little Kentucky Tackle New York Giants
17 170 Bob Jenkins Alabama Back Washington Redskins
17 171 O. J. Key Tulane Back Detroit Lions
18 181 Jim McWhorter Alabama Back Detroit Lions
19 191 Eagle Matulich Mississippi State Back Cleveland Rams
19 193 Jim Bradshaw Auburn Center Washington Redskins
20 202 Bill Griffin Kentucky Tackle Cleveland Rams
20 204 Mike Castronis Florida Guard Detroit Lions
20 205 Broughton Williams Florida End Chicago Bears
22 220 Fred Grant Alabama Back Chicago Cardinals
23 231 Everett Hartwell Auburn End Pittsburgh Steelers
23 233 Johnny Cook Georgia Back Chicago Cardinals
23 237 Ray Olsen Tulane Back Detroit Lions
23 239 Monk Mosley Alabama Back Philadelphia Eagles
23 240 Jim Chadwell Tennessee Tackle New York Giants
24 243 Ardie McClure Georgia Tackle Chicago Cardinals
24 247 Russ Morrow Tennessee Center Detroit Lions
25 258 Jack Green Alabama Guard Chicago Bears
26 265 Felix Trapani LSU Guard Brooklyn Tigers
26 266 Red Knight LSU Back Chicago Cardinals
30 312 Charley Compton Alabama Tackle Cleveland Rams
31 320 Bob Cummings Vanderbilt Center Washington Redskins
31 322 Ken Reese Alabama Back Philadelphia Eagles
32 329 John Staples Alabama Guard New York Giants

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