1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team American college football season
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]
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References
^ "Skymasters Hopes High" . San Francisco Examiner . November 12, 1944. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Giannoni to Play Bengals Friday Night" . Lodi News-Sentinel . September 13, 1944. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Pacific Trounces Skymasters, 25-0, On Stockton Grid" . The Sacramento Bee . September 16, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Flying Marines Spank Army Eleven, 56 to 0" . Los Angeles Times . October 1, 1944. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fairfield-Suisun Eleven Will Meet Marines" . The Sacramento Bee . October 13, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Marines Nose Out Skymasters, 14-12" . Herald and News . October 16, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Paul Haines (October 18, 1944). "From Midfield" . Herald and News . p. 6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6" . San Francisco Examiner . October 23, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tonopah AAF Wins Third Straight" . Nevada State Journal . Reno, Nevada . October 31, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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 .
^ "Skymasters Lose To Tonopah, 9-0" . San Francisco Examiner . November 7, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tonopah Grabs 9-0 Victory From Suisan" . Nevada State Journal . Reno, Nevada . November 7, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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)
^ "Skymasters in Form for Big Local Battle" . Appeal-Democrat . Marysville, California . November 18, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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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