1944 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1944 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
LIC champion
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record5–4 (3–1 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →

The 1944 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1944 college football season. In their third year under head coach Louis Whitman, the team compiled a 5–4 record.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22La Garde General Hospital*
W 53–0
September 308:30 p.m.Keesler Field*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 0–13[3][4]
October 7Arkansas A&M*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 6–18
October 14at Louisiana Tech
W 15–0[5]
October 21Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 19–7
November 4Millsaps*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 0–19[6]
November 11at Lake Charles AAF*Lake Charles, LAW 24–0
November 18Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 0–7[7]
November 25at Northwestern State
W 7–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Perrault, Estelle, ed. (1945). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 120–124. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "SLI Will Face Big Opposition On Saturday". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. September 29, 1944. p. 8. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Keesler Field Airmen Defeat Southwestern". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. October 1, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Southwestern wins from Tech, 15 to 0". Monroe Morning World. October 15, 1944. Retrieved June 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "SLI defeated by gridders from Millsaps". The Daily Advertiser. November 6, 1944. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Southwestern downed by La. Tech Bulldogs". The Daily Advertiser. November 20, 1944. Retrieved June 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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