1944 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team

1944 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumSpud Bowl
Seasons
← 1942
1946 →
1944 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nevada   –   4 – 4 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   3 – 8 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1944 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Idaho, Southern Branch (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In their third season under head coach John Vesser, the team compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents, 199 to 94.[1][2]

The Bengals had most recently fielded a team during 1942 and next competed in 1946; no team was fielded during 1943 or 1945 due to World War II. Described as "the first all-Navy football team ever to take the field" for the university,[3] the players were part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program.

  1. ^ "Idaho St. Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "2011 Idaho State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Idaho State University. 2011. p. 97. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Kay Borton, ed. (October 1944). "For the more ambitious and for those who survived P.T. there is football..." Dittybag. Vol. 2, no. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2022 – via ISU.edu.