1944 Orange Bowl

LSU Tigers	Texas A&M Aggies
(5–3)	(7–1–1)
19	14
Head coach: Bernie Moore	Head coach: Homer H. Norton

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	12	0	7	0	19
Texas A&M	7	0	7	0	14

Date

January 1, 1944

Stadium

Location

Attendance

27,000

The 1944 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the LSU Tigers and Texas A&M Aggies. It was the 10th edition of the Orange Bowl. The teams had met in the regular season, with Texas A&M winning at LSU 28-13. LSU however defeated Texas A&M 19–14 in the bowl rematch.^[1]^[2]

Scoring summary

LSU - Van Buren 11-yard run reverse (kick failed)
LSU - Goode 24-yard pass from Van Buren (kick failed)
Texas A&M - Burditt 21-yard pass from Hallmark (Burditt kick)
LSU - Van Buren 63-yard run (Van Buren kick)
Texas A&M - Settegast 18-yard pass from Hallmark (Burditt kick)

Statistics

Statistics	LSU	Texas A&M
First Downs	7	9
Rushing Attempts	48	24
Rushing Yards	207	4
Passing Yards	92	171
Total Offense	299	175
Interceptions	0	5
Punts-Average	10-40.3	9-41.8
Fumbles-Lost	3-3	5-2
Penalties-Yards	7-81	4-35

References

Orange Bowl Game

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Notes	Bolded years indicate the game was also the national championship game for Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series.

LSU Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.

Texas A&M Aggies bowl games

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