. . "--10-07"^^ . "Murphy H.S. Stadium"@en . "--11-18"^^ . . . . . "--01-01"^^ . . . "Knoxville, TN"@en . "L 26\u201329 vs. Duke"@en . . "25457334"^^ . "--10-14"^^ . . . . "Legion Field"@en . "Millsaps"@en . "The 1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously \"Alabama\", \"UA\" or \"Bama\") represented the University of Alabama in the 1944 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 50th overall and 11th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. They finished the season with a record of five wins, two losses and two ties (5\u20132\u20132 overall, 3\u20131\u20132 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Sugar Bowl against Duke. After a tie against LSU to open the season, Alabama then defeated both Howard and Millsaps before they dueled Tennessee to a scoreless tie in the fourth week. The Crimson Tide then defeated Kentucky before they suffered their only regular season loss against Georgia. Alabama then closed the season with wins over both Ole Miss and Mississippi State and secured a position in the Sugar Bowl where they lost to Duke. The 1944 squad marked the return of football at Alabama after a one-year hiatus for the 1943 season due to the effects of World War II. However as the war effort was ongoing at that time, the 1944 team was composed of players who were either too young and/or physically unable to enlist in the military. As the squad was generally smaller than both previous Alabama squads and than many they competed against, coach Thomas called this and the 1945 team the \"War Babies.\""@en . . "3"^^ . . . . . "--11-04"^^ . "5000"^^ . "22000"^^ . . . . "Alabama"@en . . . . . "Montgomery, AL"@en . . . "Ole Miss"@en . "Shields-Watkins Field"@en . . "The 1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously \"Alabama\", \"UA\" or \"Bama\") represented the University of Alabama in the 1944 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 50th overall and 11th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. They finished the season with a record of five wins, two losses and two ties (5\u20132\u20132 overall, 3\u20131\u20132 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Sugar Bowl against Duke."@en . "Howard"@en . . . . . "Tiger Stadium"@en . . . . . . . "20"^^ . . . "21"^^ . . "14"^^ . . . "12"^^ . . . "Tulane Stadium"@en . . . "28"^^ . "8000"^^ . . "6"^^ . "7"^^ . . "6"^^ . "1944"^^ . "7"^^ . . "0"^^ . . . . "0"^^ . . "14"^^ . "23000"^^ . . "14"^^ . . . "13"^^ . . . . . "9"^^ . . "Alabama"@en . . . "Tuscaloosa, AL"@en . . "1942"^^ . . . . . . . . . "32000"^^ . "#11 Duke"@en . "Alabama Crimson Tide"@en . . . . . . . "--09-30"^^ . . . "SEC"@en . . . . "--10-21"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Birmingham, AL"@en . . . . "Denny Stadium"@en . "#17 Tennessee"@en . . "New Orleans, LA"@en . . "Cramton Bowl"@en . . . . . . "Mobile, AL"@en . . "Baton Rouge, LA"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "LSU"@en . . . "16000"^^ . . . "#19 Alabama"@en . . "1944 Alabama Crimson Tide football team"@en . . . "Georgia"@en . "--11-11"^^ . . . "5"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "Kentucky"@en . . . . . "1093210915"^^ . . . . . "30886"^^ . . . . . . . . . "--10-27"^^ . "Southeastern Conference"@en . . . . . . "#16 Mississippi State"@en . . . . . . .