1944 Fleet City Bluejackets football team

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1944
Fleet City Bluejackets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
  • Jack Malevich (1st season)
Home stadiumForster Field
Seasons
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

The 1944 Fleet City Bluejackets football team was an

Camp Shoemaker, the Receiving Barracks, and a Navy Hospital.[1] The team compiled a 6–4–1 record.[2]

The 1944 Fleet City team was coached by Jack Malevich, who played college football at

Catholic University in the 1920s.[1][3] Tracey Kellow, who played for the 1935 TCU team that won the Sugar Bowl, was an assistant coach.[1]

The team played its home games at Forster Field, named in honor of base commander O. N. Forster, who was described as a "rabid fan" of the team.[1][2]

Key players included Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Stydahar, College Football Hall of Famer Bob Suffridge, future Baltimore Colts lineman Sisto Averno,[4] pro quarterback "Chuckin' Charlie" O'Rourke,[5] and halfback Bill Schroeder, a future NFL player.[3][2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fleet City ranked 54th among the nation's college and service teams and 12th out of 28 United States Navy teams with a rating of 85.5.[6][7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at Pacific (CA)
W 7–6[8]
September 16El Toro Marines
  • Forster Field
  • Shoemaker, CA
L 7–136,000[9]
September 24vs. Alameda Coast Guard
T 7–715,000[10]
October 1Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
  • Forster Field
  • Shoemaker, CA
W 12–010,000[11]
October 7at March Field
L 0–39[12]
October 14San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots
  • Forster Field
  • Shoemaker, CA
W 27–610,000[13]
October 21at No. 12 California
W 19–2[14]
October 28at El Toro Marines
L 0–148,000[15]
November 5Saint Mary's
  • Forster Field
  • Shoemaker, CA
W 26–0[16]
November 11at Nevada
W 19–2[17]
November 19at Saint Mary's Pre-FlightMoraga, CAL 0–33,000[18][19]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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  4. ^ "The Inside Stuff," The Morning Call, Nov. 3, 1946, p. 19.
  5. ^ Baltimore Colts vs. New York Yankess, Sept. 5th. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Colts, 1948; p. 7.
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  11. ^ "Fleet City Rallies To Beat Pre-Flight Eleven, 12-0". Oakland Tribune. October 2, 1944. p. 8.
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