1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7
Head coach
  • John Giannoni
Home stadiumCorbus Field
1944 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 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]

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. ↑ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 10, 1944). "Big Ten Circuit Repeats As King of College Leagues". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City Utah. p. 8B. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1944). "Army, Randolph Field One-Two in Final Litkenhouse Ratings". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "Pacific Trounces Skymasters, 25-0, On Stockton Grid". The Sacramento Bee. September 16, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Flying Marines Spank Army Eleven, 56 to 0". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 1944. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Fairfield-Suisun Eleven Will Meet Marines". The Sacramento Bee. October 13, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Marines Nose Out Skymasters, 14-12". Herald and News. October 16, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Paul Haines (October 18, 1944). "From Midfield". Herald and News. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6". San Francisco Examiner. October 23, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Tonopah AAF Wins Third Straight". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 31, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ↑ "Skymasters Will Throw Three Formations At Tonopah Squad; Optimistic Over Today's Game". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 5, 1944. p. S1. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ↑ "Skymasters Lose To Tonopah, 9-0". San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Tonopah Grabs 9-0 Victory From Suisan". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 7, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ↑ "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)
  16. ↑ "Skymasters in Form for Big Local Battle". Appeal-Democrat. Marysville, California. November 18, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ↑ "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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