1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football team

The 1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the United States Coast Guard's Bay and Powell Receiving Station during the 1944 college football season.[1] The team compiled a 4–2–1 record.

1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record4–2–1
Head coach
  • Al Tassi, Bill Howard
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

The team was newly organized in 1944 by Lt. Comdr. W. H. Maybaum at the request of a number of men who had returned from the Pacific battle area. Maybaum noted that 75% of the 40 men on the team had seem more than a year overseas.[2]

With the San Francisco Dons football program idle due to the war, the Pilots used the Dons' uniforms and its coaches, Al Tassi and Bill Howard.[3] Emlen Tunnell, later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played for the team. Walter Heap, who played quarterback for the Los Angeles Dons after the war, also played for the 1944 Pilots.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Cal Ramblers
W 33–6[4]
October 14at Fleet City
  • Forster Field
  • Shoemaker, CA
L 6–2710,000[5]
October 22at Fairfield-Suisun AAB
W 40–64,000[6]
October 28at Camp BealeMarysville, CAW 25–6[7]
November 5Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
T 6–62,500[8][9]
November 11at Pacific
W 13–01,500[10]
November 25vs. No. 16 El Toro MarinesSanta Barbara, CAL 0–60[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. Harry Borba (November 18, 1944). "Side Lines". San Francisco Examiner. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Grid Coaches Seem Confident". Oakland Tribune. September 12, 1944. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Coast Guard Will Use Don Coaches, Uniforms". San Francisco Examiner. September 12, 1944. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Pilots Rout Ramblers". San Francisco Examiner. October 1, 1944. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Fleet City Beats Guard Pilots, 27-6". Oakland Tribune. October 15, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6". San Francisco Examiner. October 23, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Beale Defeated By Coast Guard". Appeal-Democrat. October 30, 1944. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Paul Haines (November 6, 1944). "Marine Eleven Sloughs Through Mud to 6-6 Tie with Coast Guard Pilots". Herald and News. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Leathernecks Underdogs For Grid Tilt Saturday: Coast Guard Pilots Boast Impressive Record With Wins Over Strong Teams". Herald and News. October 31, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Harry Borba (November 13, 1944). "Tunnell Paces Pilots to 13-0 Win Over Pacific". San Francisco Examiner. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "El Toro Clouts Pilots, 60-0". Los Angeles Times. November 26, 1944. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
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