1944 NC State Wolfpack football team

1944 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Milligan*	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 27–7	4,500	^[3]
September 30	vs. Virginia*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	W 13–0		^[4]
October 7	vs. Clemson	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC (rivalry)	L 7–13	5,000	^[5]
October 14	Catawba*	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 12–7		^[6]
October 21	Wake Forest	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 7–21	8,000–11,000	^[7]
October 28	vs. William & Mary	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	W 19–2	12,500	^[8]
November 4	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	W 21–6		^[9]
November 10	at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 28–7	12,412	^[10]
November 18	Richmond	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 39–0		^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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

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