1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team

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1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record1–7
Head coach
Home stadiumCorbus Field
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 military service football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Randolph Field   –   12 – 0 – 0
No. 5 Bainbridge   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Fort Pierce   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 13 Norman NAS   –   6 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Iowa Pre-Flight   –   10 – 1 – 0
No. 16 El Toro Marines   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bunker Hill NAS   –   6 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Great Lakes Navy   –   9 – 2 – 1
No. 10 March Field   –   7 – 2 – 2
North Carolina Pre-Flight   –   6 – 2 – 1
No. 20 Second Air Force   –   10 – 4 – 1
Camp Peary   –   5 – 2 – 0
Third Air Force   –   7 – 3 – 1
Alameda Coast Guard   –   4 – 2 – 2
San Francisco Coast Guard   –   4 – 2 – 1
Coronado Amphibious   –   2 – 1 – 1
Fleet City   –   6 – 4 – 1
San Diego NTS   –   4 – 3 – 1
No. 19 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –   4 – 4 – 0
Klamath Falls Marines   –   2 – 2 – 1
Maxwell Field   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fairfield-Suisun AAB   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team was an American football team that represented the Air Transport Command at Suisun-Fairfield Air Base (now Travis Air Force Base) during the 1944 college football season.[1] The team compiled a 1–7 record. , who played in the NFL for the Cleveland Rams in 1938, was the team's coach and also played for the team.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Pacific
L 0–25[3]
September 30at El Toro Marines
  • Municipal Bowl
  • Santa Ana, CA
L 0–56[4]
October 7Camp Parks Seabees
W 13–0[5]
October 14Klammath Falls Marine Barracks
  • Corbus Field
  • Vallejo, CA
L 12–14[6][7]
October 22San Francisco Coast Guard
  • Corbus Field
  • Vallejo, CA
L 6–404,000[8]
October 30Tonopah Air Base
  • Corbus Field
  • Vallejo, CA
L 7–20
November 5at Tonopah Air BaseTonopah, NVL 0–9[9]
November 12at Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
  • Modoc Field
  • Klammath Falls, OR
Cancelled
takeoff accident		[10]
November 18at Camp Beale
L 0–12[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Skymasters Hopes High". San Francisco Examiner. November 12, 1944. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Giannoni to Play Bengals Friday Night". Lodi News-Sentinel. September 13, 1944. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pacific Trounces Skymasters, 25-0, On Stockton Grid". The Sacramento Bee. September 16, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Flying Marines Spank Army Eleven, 56 to 0". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 1944. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fairfield-Suisun Eleven Will Meet Marines". The Sacramento Bee. October 13, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Marines Nose Out Skymasters, 14-12". Herald and News. October 16, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Paul Haines (October 18, 1944). "From Midfield". Herald and News. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6". San Francisco Examiner. October 23, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Skymasters Lose To Tonopah, 9-0". San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Leatherneck Return Tilt Cancelled". Herald and News. November 13, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.(game cancelled due to a takeoff accident in which the plane the Skymasters were scheduled to fly in had a wing sheared off)
  11. ^ "Beale Bears Take Narrow 12 to 0 Win Over Suisun Fliers in Saturday Night Game". Appeal-Democrat. November 20, 1944. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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