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1944 Pittsburgh Panthers Football Team
The 1944 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record under head coach Clark Shaughnessy. Schedule Preseason The war effort continued to play havoc with college football rosters. Coach Shaughnessy held spring practice after summer registration so there would be more men to work with than the fifteen holdovers from the previous season. Fifty-four prospects reported for the team on June 15. On July 5, the practice site was moved to the old Shady Side Academy gridiron. Coach Shaughnessy was pleased: "We have had between 50 and 60 boys out at every drill. What's more they seem to enjoy it more as the practice gets tougher and we get beyond the preliminary work into the more exacting drills." On July 30, the Whites defeated the Blues 34–0 in the final summer intrasquad game. Shaughnessy was upbeat: "I am very much satisfied with the squad right now. We are potentially much strong ...
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1944 Pittsburgh Panthers Football Team
The 1944 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record under head coach Clark Shaughnessy. Schedule Preseason The war effort continued to play havoc with college football rosters. Coach Shaughnessy held spring practice after summer registration so there would be more men to work with than the fifteen holdovers from the previous season. Fifty-four prospects reported for the team on June 15. On July 5, the practice site was moved to the old Shady Side Academy gridiron. Coach Shaughnessy was pleased: "We have had between 50 and 60 boys out at every drill. What's more they seem to enjoy it more as the practice gets tougher and we get beyond the preliminary work into the more exacting drills." On July 30, the Whites defeated the Blues 34–0 in the final summer intrasquad game. Shaughnessy was upbeat: "I am very much satisfied with the squad right now. We are potentially much strong ...
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1944 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
The 1944 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1944 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–0 record. The Buckeyes also outscored opponents 287–79 during the season. The team was named a national champion by the National Championship Foundation and the Sagarin Ratings, but this championship is not claimed by Ohio State. Schedule Coaching staff * Carroll Widdoes, head coach, first year Awards and honors * Les Horvath, Heisman Trophy 1945 NFL draftees References Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons College football national champions Big Ten Conference football champion seasons College football undefeated seasons Ohio State Buckeyes football The Ohio State Buckeyes football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Ohio State University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State has played their home games at Ohio Stadium i ... ...
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Roster Sheet For The September 23, 1944 University Of Pittsburgh Versus West Virginia University Football Game
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Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pittsburgh is located in southwest Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. Pittsburgh is known both as "the Steel City" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses and ...
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Stan Olejniczak
Stanley Joseph Olejniczak (May 31, 1912 – March 1979) was an American football tackle who played one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Ohio. He later changed his last name to "Olenn" after his football career. College career Olejniczak lettered for the Pittsburgh Panthers in 1934. Professional career Olejniczak played in twelve games, starting six, for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1935 season. Coaching career Olejniczak was an assistant coach under George Shotwell for the Halezton High School Mountaineers in Hazleton, Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1937. He was then head coach of the Mountaineers from 1938 to 1942, accumulating a 39-9-1 record. He resigned in August 1943 after the school refused to grant him a leave of absence to remain coaching at the University of Pittsburgh. Olejniczak was later an assistant coach for the ...
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Chuck Hartwig
Chuck Crawford "Chuck" Hartwig (June 1, 1912 – September 15, 1950) was an American football player. At six feet and 190 pounds, he was a native of West Virginia. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played at the guard position for the Pitt Panthers football The Pittsburgh Panthers football program is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has p ... team. He was a consensus first-team selection on the 1934 College Football All-America Team. He was later an assistant coach for the Panthers. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartwig, Chuck 1912 births 1950 deaths American football guards Pittsburgh Panthers football players All-American college football players Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches Players of American football from West Virginia People from Wetzel County, West Virginia ...
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Dan Fortmann
Daniel John Fortmann (April 11, 1916 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional football player who was a guard and linebacker for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colgate University. Playing for Chicago from 1936 to 1943, he was selected as an All-Pro for seven consecutive years from 1937 to 1943. He was the Bears' team captain starting in 1940 and led the team to NFL championships in 1940, 1941, and 1943. Fortmann was the line coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team in 1944 and in 1945 served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. He engaged in a medical practice in Southern California from 1946 to 1984 and was the team physician for the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1963. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1983. Early years Fortmann was born in 1916 in Pearl River, New York. His father, Bernhard Gerhart Fort ...
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1944 Pitt Panther Football Coaching Staff - Clark Shaughnessy, Dr
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Penn State–Pittsburgh Football Rivalry
The Penn State–Pittsburgh football rivalry is a long-standing American college football rivalry between the Penn State Nittany Lions and Pittsburgh Panthers. The game played in 2019 was the 100th edition of the rivalry game. Penn State has not played more games against any other opponent, whereas Pitt has only played more against West Virginia University. After the rivalry resumed in 2016, it was branded "The Keystone Classic" with Peoples Natural Gas as its corporate sponsor. A four-game series between Pitt and Penn State ended in 2019 and there is no future game planned. Penn State won 12 of the first 15, but Pitt dominated afterwards, going 21–2–2 (1913–1940). Pitt at one point won 14 straight times (1922–1938). Pitt coach Jock Sutherland never lost to Penn State (1924–1938). From 1941 to 1951, the rivalry was much more even, as Pitt went 6–5 against Penn State in that span. From 1952 on, Penn State has dominated, going 34–13–2, including wins in ten of the ...
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1944 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Team
The 1944 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1944 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games at New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania. Schedule References Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons Penn State Nittany Lions football The Penn State Nittany Lions team represents the Pennsylvania State University in college football. The Nittany Lions compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Ten Conference, which they joined in 1993 af ...
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Tenth Street Stadium was a stadium in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Originally named Memorial Stadium, it was primarily used for college football, and was the home field of the Indiana University football team between 1925 and 1959, prior to the opening of the new Memorial Stadium. The stadium held 20,000 people and was built in 1925. It replaced Jordan Field which had been the home field for the program since 1887. The stadium was renamed Tenth Street Stadium in 1971. It was later used to host the Little 500 and was used in the 1979 movie ''Breaking Away ''Breaking Away'' is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high sc ...''. The stadium was demolished in 1982 and the site on which it once stood is now a green space and recreation fields in the center of campus known as The Arboretum. Referen ...
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