1944 Maxwell Field Marauders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
  • Jesse Yarborough
Home stadiumCramton Bowl
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 Maxwell Field Marauders football team represented Maxwell Field during the 1944 college football season. Under head coach Jesse Yarborough, the Marauders compiled a 5–5 record.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Third Air Force ranked 79th among the nation's college and service teams and 12th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 77.6.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12:30 p.m.Third Infantry
L 0–2615,000[3][4]
October 8Kinston MCAA
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 62–06,000[5]
October 22Chatham Field
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 40–0[6]
October 29No. 13 Bainbridge
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
L 7–15[7]
November 52:30 p.m.Fourth Infantry
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 25–78,000[8][9][10]
November 11at No. 3 Randolph Field
L 0–2515,911[11]
November 19at Third Air Force
L 7–4112,000[12]
November 227:00 p.m.at Fourth Infantry
W 26–712,000[13][14][15]
November 257:15 p.m.at Miami NTC
W 13–0[16][17]
December 3at No. 5 Bainbridge
L 3–13[18]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Maxwell Marauders Meet Third Infantry Here Today". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 1, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "Ft. Benning takes opener". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 2, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Marauders display vaunted power in overwhelming Kinston Marines". Pensacola News Journal. October 9, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Maxwell Field downs Chatham". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Maxwell bows to Bainbridge: Commodores barely manage to edge Soldiers, 15–7". The Baltimore Sun. October 30, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Maxwell And Fourth Infantry Collide Here Today". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. November 5, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ↑ Adams, Sam (November 6, 1944). "Mauraders Use Straight Football To Triumph, 25 To 7". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. p. 9. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ↑ "Maxwell Field beats Ft. Benning combine". The Chattanooga Times. November 6, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Randolph defeats Maxwell 25 to 0". Valley Evening Monitor. November 12, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Gremlins crush Marauders gridders by 41–7 score". Tampa Morning Tribune. November 20, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Cronin, John T. (November 22, 1944). "Raiders To Meet Marauders at Benning Tonight". The Columbus Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 15. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ↑ Cronin, John T. (November 22, 1944). "Kemp— (continued)". The Columbus Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 17. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ↑ Cronin, John T. (November 23, 1944). "Mauraduers Slaughter Raiders, 26-7". The Columbus Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 8. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ↑ "Maxwell Faces NTC In Stadium". Miami Daily News. Miami, Florida. November 25, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ↑ "Marauders vanquish NTC, 13–0". The Miami Herald. November 26, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Bainbridge triumphs, 13–3: Unbeaten sailors top Maxwell Field For 17th victory". The Baltimore Sun. December 4, 1944. p. 16. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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