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) 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]

1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record1–7
Head coach
  • John Giannoni
Home stadiumCorbus Field
1944 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Pacific
L 0–25[3]
September 30at El Toro Marines
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 BarracksCancelled
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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