1944 Orange Bowl

LSU Tigers	Texas A&M Aggies
(5–3)	(7–1–1)
19	14
Head coach: Bernie Moore	Head coach: Homer H. Norton

	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	12	0	7	0	19
Texas A&M	7	0	7	0	14

Date

January 1, 1944

Season

1943

Stadium

Miami Orange Bowl

Location

Miami, Florida

Attendance

27,000

The 1944 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the LSU Tigers and Texas A&M Aggies. It was the 10th edition of the Orange Bowl. The teams had met in the regular season, with Texas A&M winning at LSU 28-13. LSU however defeated Texas A&M 19–14 in the bowl rematch.^[1]^[2] Halfback Steve Van Buren was responsible for all points scored by the Tigers.

Scoring summary

LSU - Van Buren 11-yard run reverse (kick failed)
LSU - Goode 24-yard pass from Van Buren (kick failed)
Texas A&M - Burditt 21-yard pass from Hallmark (Burditt kick)
LSU - Van Buren 63-yard run (Van Buren kick)
Texas A&M - Settegast 18-yard pass from Hallmark (Burditt kick)

Statistics

Statistics	LSU	Texas A&M
First Downs	7	9
Rushing Attempts	48	24
Rushing Yards	207	4
Passing Yards	92	171
Total Offense	299	175
Interceptions	0	5
Punts-Average	10-40.3	9-41.8
Fumbles-Lost	3-3	5-2
Penalties-Yards	7-81	4-35

References

Orange Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Miami Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Notre Dame

Games	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 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2016

Notes	The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996 and 2014. The game was a semifinal for the College Football Playoff in its 2015 edition.

LSU Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.

Texas A&M Aggies bowl games

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