1943-44
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL BIG 6
CONFERENCE		 PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
17-9 9-4 6-5 2-0 5-5 3rd    

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME Navy Cadet CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:          

19

G

George Dick **

 

Sr.

6'0 189 McLouth, KS

5

G

Sparky McSpadden * Cpt.

V-12

Jr.

5'10 163 El Dorado and Stafford, KS

12

G-F

Bob Turner

V-12

Jr.

    Tacoma, WA
    NEW FACES:          

21

F

Don Barrington

V-12

Jr.

    Kansas City, KS (Transfer from KCKS Juco)

16

G

Bob Bock %

 

Fr.

    Macksville, KS

 

G

Paul Braish %

 

 

     

24

F

Arthur Cansler %

V-5

Cadet

    Hopkinville, KY

10

G

Bob Carr %

V-5

Cadet

    Knobnoster, MO

4

C

Dean Corder

 

Fr.

5'9 140 Welda, KS

20

G

Don Diehl

V-12

So.

    Smith Center, KS

13

F

Willard Frank

V-12

So.

   

Wichita, KS

11

G

Lou Goehring

V-12

Fr.

6'1 165

Arkansas City, KS (Ark City HS)

2

F

Sam Harris %

V-12

Fr.

    Kansas City, MO

3

G

Clay Hedrick %

V-12

Fr.

    Newton, KS

14

F-G

Bill Linquist

 

Fr.

    Kansas City, KS

17

F

Bob Malott

 

Fr.

    Lawrence, KS

15

G

Bob Mathews %

 

Fr.

   

Kansas City, MO

7

C-F

Charles Moffett

 

Fr.

6'0 175 Peabody, KS

23

G

Lloyd Palmer %

V-12

Jr.

   

Postville, IA

9

G

Kirk Scott %

V-12

So.

 6'0 163

Newton, KS

8

C-G

Homer Sherwood

V-12

So.

5'11 160

Arkansas City, KS

 

G

Gordon Stucker

 

So.

    Lawrence, KS

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

HEAD COACH:

Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, 27th year

 Howard Porter, Assistant Coach, 1st year
John Pfitsch, Freshman Coach, 2nd year

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('43 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG STATUS
Otto Schnellbacher So. 6'2 F/G 26/ 284 10.9 In military
John Buescher Sr. 6'2 C/G 27/ 267 9.9 Graduated
Charlie Black Jr. 6'4 F/G 18/ 206 11.4 In military
Ray Evans Jr. 6'3 C/G 26/ 182 7.0 In military
Armand Dixon So. 6'1 C/G 23/ 92 4.0 In military
Max Kissell Jr. 6'0 C 21/ 50 2.4 In military
Jack Ballard Jr. 6'6 F/G 19/ 33 1.7 In military
Hoyt Baker So.     8/ 31 3.9 In military
Bob Fitzpatrick Jr. 6'0 F 16/ 25 1.6  
Bill Forsyth Fr. 6'0 F 10/ 16 1.6  
Bill Brill So. 6'2 G 18/ 13 0.7  
John Short So. 6'0 F/G 6/ 8 1.3  
Don Blair Jr.     6/ 5 0.8 Cut from squad
Stanley Hansen So. 6'4 F/G 2/ 0 0.0  
TOTALS       26 1,212 46.6  

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
KU lost their starting five from the 1943 squad, 14 players in all, representing 93.5% of the points scored.  Thus, the 1944 team has only three holdovers

"Several members of KU’s 1942-43 team that finished 10-0 in the Big Six went off to war after the season, including Charlie Black, Armand Dixon, Ray Evans and Otto Schnellbacher.  Their absence was obvious in the next season as KU fell to 17-9 overall and 5-5 in the Big Six."
Source:  The Crimson & Blue Handbook, pages 40-41.

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
Eleven of the 1944 squad were in the Navy V-12 program, a program designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II. From the V-12 program, most of the Navy candidates went on to a four-month course at a reserve midshipmen's school,  Another two squad members were in the Navy NV-5 program, training to be aviators.

1944  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Barrington, Don McSpadden, Sparky Moffett, Charles Linquist, Bill Sherwood, Homer Diehl, Don

Games Played/Started

 26 26   25/ 26/ 26/ 25/ 22/ 23/

Points

 965 870   244 159 143 122 65 51

    Per Game

 37.1 33.5   9.8 6.1 5.5 4.9 3.0 2.2

FG -Attempts

                  

       Made

 380 321   93 59 61 46 27 21

       Percent

                  

FT-Attempts

                  

     Made

 205 228   58 41 21 30 11 9

     Percent

                  

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Corder, Dean Turner, Bob Malott, Bob Frank, Willard Stucker, Gordon Cansler, Arthur Goehring, Lou Palmer, Lloyd
Games Played/ Started 18/ 20/ 17/ 14/ 16/ 7/ 9/ 15/
Points 38 31 25 20 19 17 12 8
   Per Game                
FG - Attempts                
         Made 13 12 12 7 8 7 6 3
         Percent                
FT - Attempts                
        Made 12 7 1 6 3 3 0 2
        Percent                

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Dick, George Scott, Kirk Harris, Sam Carr,
Bob		 Hedrick, Clay Bock,
Bob		 Mathews, Bob Braish, Paul
Games Played/ Started 15/ 7/ 1/ 6/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/
Points 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
   Per Game 0.5 0.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FG - Attempts                
         Made 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
         Percent                
FT - Attempts                
        Made 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Percent                

GAME-BY-GAME

Herington AAB W 40-27   Dec. 1 at Lawrence
Hutchinson NAB L 32-46   Dec. 4 at Lawrence
Ft. Leavenworth W 31-27   Dec. 7 at Lawrence
Washburn W 46-24   Dec. 10 at Topeka, Kan.
Rockhurst W 45-32   Dec. 11 at Kansas City, Mo.
Rockhurst W 43-28   Dec. 13 at Lawrence
Olathe NAB L 36-42   Dec. 15 at Lawrence
Ft. Riley CRTC W 32-31   Dec. 17 at Lawrence
Herington AAB W 22-15   Dec. 23 at Herington, Kan.
Kansas State W 62-44   Dec. 29 at Kansas City, Mo.
Missouri W 34-27   Dec. 30 at Kansas City, Mo.
Pittsburg State W 35-21   Jan. 3 at Lawrence
Missouri L 28-35   Jan. 8 at Columbia, Mo.
Olathe NAB L 25-49   Jan. 11 at Olathe, Kan.
Nebraska W 51-27   Jan. 15 at Lawrence
Kansas State W 36-30   Jan. 18 at Lawrence
Oklahoma L 23-24   Jan. 21 at Lawrence
Iowa State L 29-40   Jan. 29 at Ames, Iowa
Washburn W 35-22   Feb. 2 at Lawrence
Ft. Riley CRTC L 38-43   Feb. 7 at Ft. Riley, Kan.
Oklahoma L 35-39   Feb. 12 at Norman, Okla.
Ft. Leavenworth W 54-52   Feb. 15 at Leavenworth, Kan.
Nebraska W 56-47   Feb. 19 at Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas State W 32-24   Feb. 23 at Manhattan, Kan.
Missouri W 40-27   Feb. 26 at Lawrence
Iowa State L 25-47   Mar. 3 at Lawrence
 

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