In their fourth season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 504 to 35.
[3] Army also won the Lambert Trophy as the best football team in the east.
[4] Army halfback Glenn Davis received the Maxwell Award as the best college football player of 1944.
[5] Davis and fullback Doc Blanchard were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1944 All-America college football team.
Other notable players included tackle Tex Coulter, guard Joe Stanowicz, and center Robert St. Onge.