1944 Fort Monroe Gunners football team

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1944
Fort Monroe Gunners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
  • Joe Murray (1st season)
Home stadiumFort Monroe parade ground, Darlington Memorial Park
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 Fort Monroe Gunners football team represented the United States Army's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia during the 1944 college football season. Led by head coach Joe Murray, the Gunners compiled a record of 5–5.[1] Captain Nelson T. Turner was an assistant coach for the team.[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fort Monroe ranked 238th among the nation's college and service teams and 49th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 35.2.[3][4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Richmond AAB
W 7–6[5][6]
September 302:30 p.m.at William & MaryL 0–461,800[7][8]
October 72:30 p.m.Richmond AABHampton, VAW 13–0[9][10]
October 152:30 p.m.Portsmouth Fleet
L 6–72,500[11][12]
October 22at Camp LeePetersburg, VAcancelled [13]
October 282:30 p.m.
Catawba
  • Darlington Memorial Park
  • Hampton, VA
L 0–26[14][15]
November 52:30 p.m.
Indiantown Gap
  • Fort Monroe parade ground
  • Hampton, VA
W 26–6[16][17]
November 122:30 p.m.at
Camp Lejeune
Camp Lejeune, NCL 0–26[18][19]
November 192:00 p.m.at Camp Lee
Camp Lee, VA
L 13–261,250[20][21][22]
December 23:00 p.m.vs.
Camp Detrick
W 19–6[23][24][25][26]
December 10at Camp DetrickFrederick, MAW 13–12[27]

References