1944 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team

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1944 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	3–4–1 (1–0–0 IIAC)
Head coach	Howard Hancock (14th season)
Home stadium	McCormick Field
Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

The 1944 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University — now known as Illinois State University — as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1944 college football season. The team was led by fourteenth-year head coach Howard Hancock and played its home games at McCormick Field. The Redbirds finished the season with a 3–4–1 overall record; they only played one game against a conference opponent, a victory over Western Illinois.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 0–79	5,386	^[2]
September 23	Wabash*	McCormick Field Normal, IL	T 7–7		^[3]
September 30	at Indiana State*	Terre Haute, IN	L 13–33		^[4]
October 7	DePauw*	McCormick Field Normal, IL	W 31–13		^[5]
October 13	at Southeast Missouri State*	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	W 13–12		^[6]
October 21	Indiana State*	McCormick Field Normal, IL	L 7–13	3,500	^[7]
November 4	Western Illinois	McCormick Field Normal, IL	W 26–6		^[8]
November 11	at Illinois Wesleyan*	Wesleyan Stadium Bloomington, IL	L 0–19		^[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "2022 Redbird Football Media Guide" (PDF). Illinois State University. p. 62. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
^ Bartlett, Charles (September 17, 1944). "Illinois Unveils Flock of Fleet Backs; Crushes Normal, 79 to 0". Chicago Tribune. p. 2:1. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Sutton, Vern (September 24, 1944). "State Normal, Wabash Battle to 7-7 Draw". The Pantagraph. p. 8. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Nesbit, Robert (October 1, 1944). "Normal Beaten By Indiana TC Eleven, 33-13". The Pantagraph. p. 8. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Young, Fred (October 8, 1944). "Anderson is Brilliant As Birds Whip DePauw". The Pantagraph. p. 8. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birds Triumph Over Missouri". The Pantagraph. October 14, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bloomington Boy Helps Topple Normal Eleven". The Pantagraph. October 22, 1944. p. 8. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Young, Fred (November 5, 1944). "Normal Rallies to Win Last Home Game, 26-6". The Pantagraph. p. 8. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Liston, Harold V. (November 12, 1944). "Mel Brewer's Youthful Titans Scuttle Normal Eleven, 19-0". The Pantagraph. p. 6. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Hancock Stadium (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Illinois: Mid-America Classic
Culture & lore	Reggie Redbird "Go, You Redbirds"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1887 1888–1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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