Talk:1944 Maryville Bearcats football team

Contemporary naming

As the next step in the discussion begun at Talk:1938 Maryville Bearcats football team#Contemporary naming, here are my findings from searches of Newspapers.com, covering the time period 9/44-12/44 and limited to Missouri newspapers:

Maryville

• "maryville bearcats" gets 9 hits
• "maryville teachers bearcats" gets 2 hits
• "maryville state bearcats" gets 0 hits
• "maryville state teachers bearcats" gets 0 hits
• "maryville state teachers college bearcats" gets 0 hit
• "northwest missouri state teachers bearcats" gets 0 matches
• "northwest missouri bearcats" gets 0 hits
• "northwest missouri teachers bearcats" gets 0 hits
• "northwest missouri state bearcats" gets 0 hits
  

Conclusion: Maryville Bearcats was the most common name during the 1944 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 03:10, 29 April 2023 (UTC)