1944 NC State Wolfpack football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1944

| team = NC State Wolfpack

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Southern Conference

| short_conf = SoCon

| record = 7–2

| conf_record = 3–2

| head_coach = Beattie Feathers

| hc_year = 1st

| captain =

| stadium = Riddick Stadium

}}

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.{{cite web|title=1944 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 18, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina-state/1944-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=Wolfpack Football 2019 NC State Media Guide|publisher=North Carolina State University|year=2019|page=150|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gopack.com/documents/2019/7/25/FB_Media_Guide_2019_WEB.pdf|access-date=November 18, 2019}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1944

| poll = AP

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 23||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC|W 27–7|4,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier-nc-state-trounc/137243235/|work=The Bristol Herald Courier|title=N.C. State trounces Milligan Buffs 27–7|date=September 24, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 30|vs|Virginia|Foreman Field|Norfolk, VA|W 13–0||{{cite news|title=Wolfpack Upsets Cavaliers, 13-0|newspaper=Daily Press|date=October 1, 1944|page=16B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35596337/daily_press/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 7|vs|Clemson|American Legion Memorial Stadium|Charlotte, NC (rivalry)|L 7–13|5,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-clemson-downs-stat/137242402/|work=Winston-Salem Journal|title=Clemson downs State|date=October 8, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 14||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=Catawba Indians|title=Catawba}}|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC|W 12–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-wolfpack-rallies-in-four/137243377/|work=Greensboro Daily News|title=Wolfpack rallies in fourth to nose out Catawba, 12 to 7|date=October 15, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 21||Wake Forest|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|L 7-21|8,000–11,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wilmington-morning-star-wake-forest/137242192/|work=The Sunday Star-News|title=Wake Forest defeats scrappy State eleven, 21–7|date=October 22, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 28|vs|William & Mary|Foreman Field|Norfolk, VA|W 19–2|12,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginian-pilot-alert-wolfpack-bowls/137243509/|work=Norfolk Virginian-Pilot|title=Alert Wolfpack bowls over Indians, 19–2|date=October 29, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 4|at|VMI|Alumni Field|Lexington, VA|W 21-6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91765255/state-gets-216-victory-over-dominions/|work=The News and Observer|title=State gets 21–6 victory over Dominion's Cadets|date=November 5, 1944|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 10|at|Miami (FL)|Burdine Stadium|Miami, FL|W 28–7|12,412|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-wolfpack-defeats-hur/137243651/|work=The Palm Beach Post|title=Wolfpack defeats Hurricanes, 28–7|date=November 11, 1944|accessdate=December 22, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 18||Richmond|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC|W 39-0||{{cite news|title=North Carolina State Downs Richmond, 39-0|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 19, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39192164/north_carolina_state_downs_richmond/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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