1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team

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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
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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.

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

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]

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    .(game cancelled due to a takeoff accident in which the plane the Skymasters were scheduled to fly in had a wing sheared off)
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