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1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team

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), located near Fairfield, California, during the 1944 college football season.[1] The team compiled a 1–7 record. John Giannoni, who played in the NFL for the Cleveland Rams in 1938, was the team's coach and also played for the team.[2] The Skymasters played home games at Corbus Field in Vallejo, California.

1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7
Head coach
Home stadiumCorbus Field
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Randolph Field   –   11 – 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
Hondo AAF   –   7 – 1 – 0
Bunker Hill NAS   –   6 – 1 – 0
Lincoln AAF   –   6 – 1 – 0
Blackland AAF   –   7 – 1 – 1
Keesler Field   –   8 – 1 – 2
No. 17 Great Lakes Navy   –   9 – 2 – 1
No. 10 March Field   –   7 – 2 – 2
Third Air Force   –   8 – 3 – 0
North Carolina Pre-Flight   –   6 – 2 – 1
Atlantic City NAS   –   5 – 2 – 0
Camp Peary   –   5 – 2 – 0
Tonopah AAF   –   5 – 2 – 0
Daniel Field   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Second Air Force   –   10 – 4 – 1
San Francisco Coast Guard   –   4 – 2 – 1
Ellington Field   –   6 – 3 – 2
Amarillo AAF   –   5 – 3 – 0
Alameda Coast Guard   –   4 – 2 – 2
Coronado Amphibious   –   2 – 1 – 1
Olathe NAS   –   4 – 2 – 2
Selman Field   –   4 – 2 – 2
Galveston AAF   –   5 – 3 – 2
Fleet City   –   6 – 4 – 1
Jacksonville NAS   –   4 – 3 – 0
San Diego NTS   –   4 – 3 – 1
Camp Beale   –   5 – 4 – 0
Lubbock AAF   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fort Warren   –   5 – 4 – 1
Fort Monroe   –   5 – 5 – 0
Klamath Falls Marines   –   2 – 2 – 1
Maxwell Field   –   5 – 5 – 0
Minter Field   –   3 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –   4 – 4 – 0
Fourth Infantry   –   3 – 4 – 2
Georgia Pre-Flight   –   4 – 5 – 0
Third Infantry   –   4 – 5 – 0
Bergstrom Field   –   3 – 4 – 0
Ottumwa NAS   –   3 – 4 – 0
Camp Lee   –   3 – 5 – 0
Cherry Point Marines   –   3 – 6 – 0
Chatham Field   –   2 – 8 – 1
Sampton NTS   –   2 – 7 – 0
Miami NTC   –   2 – 8 – 0
Bryan AAF   –   1 – 7 – 0
Fairfield-Suisun AAB   –   1 – 7 – 0
Richmond AAB   –   0 – 10 – 1
Camp Ellis   –   0 – 5 – 0
South Plains AAF   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fairfield-Suisun AAB ranked 176th among the nation's college and service teams and 37th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 52.5.[3][4]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Pacific (CA)
L 0–25[5]
September 30at El Toro Marines
L 0–56[6]
October 7Camp Parks Seabees
W 13–0[7]
October 14Klammath Falls Marine Barracks
  • Corbus Field
  • Vallejo, CA
L 12–14[8][9]
October 22San Francisco Coast Guard
  • Corbus Field
  • Vallejo, CA
L 6–404,000[10]
October 30Tonopah AAF
  • Corbus Field
  • Vallejo, CA
L 7–20[11]
November 5at Tonopah AAF
L 0–92,000[12][13][14]
November 12at Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
Cancelled due to takeoff accident[15]
November 188:00 p.m.at Camp Beale
L 0–12[16][17]

References edit

  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. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 10, 1944). "Big Ten Circuit Repeats As King of College Leagues". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City Utah. p. 8B. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1944). "Army, Randolph Field One-Two in Final Litkenhouse Ratings". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Pacific Trounces Skymasters, 25-0, On Stockton Grid". The Sacramento Bee. September 16, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Flying Marines Spank Army Eleven, 56 to 0". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 1944. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fairfield-Suisun Eleven Will Meet Marines". The Sacramento Bee. October 13, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Marines Nose Out Skymasters, 14-12". Herald and News. October 16, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Paul Haines (October 18, 1944). "From Midfield". Herald and News. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6". San Francisco Examiner. October 23, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tonopah AAF Wins Third Straight". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 31, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Skymasters Will Throw Three Formations At Tonopah Squad; Optimistic Over Today's Game". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 5, 1944. p. S1. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "Skymasters Lose To Tonopah, 9-0". San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Tonopah Grabs 9-0 Victory From Suisan". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 7, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "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)
  16. ^ "Skymasters in Form for Big Local Battle". Appeal-Democrat. Marysville, California. November 18, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "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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