1944 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1944 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 26–12 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
1944 record	8–2 (0–1 MVC)
Head coach	Henry Frnka (4th year)
Home stadium	Skelly Field

The 1944 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1944 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled an 8–2 record (0–1 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents) and defeated Georgia Tech in the 1945 Orange Bowl.

Tulsa was ranked #7 in the AP Poll after defeating Texas Tech (34-7) and Ole Miss (47-0), but then lost back-to-back games against Oklahoma State and Iowa Pre-Flight. Later in the season, Tulsa also defeated Arkansas (33-2) and Miami (Florida) (48-2).^[1]

Center Felto Prewitt was selected as a first-team All-American by Football News,^[2] and guard Ellis Jones was selected as a first-team All-American by Look magazine.^[3]

References

↑ "1944 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1196. ISBN 1401337031.
↑ Hal Sayles (November 30, 1944). "Speaking of Sports". Abilene Reporter-News.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

Venues	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston

Culture & lore	Captain Cane "Hurricane Spirit" The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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