1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team

American college football season

1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7
Head coach	John Giannoni
Home stadium	Corbus Field
Seasons← 19431945 →

1944 military service football records
v t e	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 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. 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. 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15		at Pacific (CA)	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	L 0–25
September 30		at El Toro Marines	Municipal Bowl Santa Ana, CA	L 0–56
October 7		Camp Parks Seabees	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	W 13–0
October 14		Klammath Falls Marine Barracks	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	L 12–14
October 22		San Francisco Coast Guard	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	L 6–40	4,000
October 30		Tonopah AAF	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	L 7–20
November 5		at Tonopah AAF	Sagebrush Bowl Nye County, NV	L 0–9	2,000
November 12		at Klamath Falls Marine Barracks	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	Cancelled due to takeoff accident
November 18	8:00 p.m.	at Camp Beale	Knight Field Marysville, CA	L 0–12
All times are in Pacific time

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.

v t e World War II military service football teams
Bowl games	1943 Sun Bowl 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic
All-Service	1943 All-Service football team 1944 All-Service football team
1942	Army Navy Great Lakes Navy (AP Service No. 1) Iowa Pre-Flight (APS No. 2) Georgia Pre-Flight (APS No. 3) North Carolina Pre-Flight (APS No. 4) Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (APS No. 5) Jacksonville NAS (APS No. 6) Camp Grant (APS No. 7) Pensacola NAS (APS No. 8) Manhattan Beach Coast Guard (APS No. 9) Corpus Christi NAS (APS No. 10) Second Air Force (APS No. 11) Fort Knox (APS No. 12) Lakehurst NAS (APS No. 13) Fort Monmouth (APS No. 14) Fort Riley (APS No. 15) Camp Davis (APS No. 16) March Field (APS No. 17) Fort Totten (APS T-No. 18) Spence Field (APS T-No. 18) Daniel Field (APS T-No. 20) Fort Douglas (APS T-No. 20) Alameda Coast Guard Albuquerque AAB Santa Ana AAB Will Rogers AB
1943	Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 2) Navy (AP No. 4) Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 6) Del Monte Pre-Flight (AP No. 8) March Field (AP No. 10) Army (AP No. 11) Bainbridge (AP No. 17) 124th Infantry 176th Infantry 300th Infantry Alameda Coast Guard Atlantic City NAS Blackland AAF Bowman Field Bryan AAF Bunker Hill NAS Camp Davis Camp Edwards Camp Grant Camp Gordon Camp Kilmer Camp Lee Camp Lejeune Charleston Coast Guard Cherry Point Marines Curtis Bay Coast Guard Daniel Field Fort Douglas Fort Knox Fort Monroe Fort Riley Fort Sheridan Fort Warren Georgia Pre-Flight Greensboro Greenville AAB Jacksonville NATTC Kearns Field Keesler Field Kirtland Field Lakehurst NAS Logan Navy Lowry Field Lubbock AAF Memphis NATTC Norfolk Fleet Marines Norman NAS North Carolina Pre-Flight Ottumwa NAS Patterson Field Pocatello AAB Randolph Field Richmond AAB St. Mary's Pre-Flight Salt Lake AAB Sampson NTS San Diego NTS South Plains AAF Spokane Air Service Ward Island Marines Wright Field
1944	Army (AP No. 1) Randolph Field (AP No. 3) Navy (AP No. 4) Bainbridge (AP No. 5) Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 6) March Field (AP No. 10) Norman NAS (AP No. 13) El Toro Marines (AP No. 16) Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 17) Fort Pierce (AP No. 18) Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (AP No. 19) Second Air Force (AP No. 20) Alameda Coast Guard Amarillo AAF Atlantic City NAS Bergstrom Field Blackland AAF Bryan AAF Bunker Hill NAS Camp Beale Camp Ellis Camp Lee Camp Peary Chatham Field Cherry Point Marines Coronado Amphibious Daniel Field Ellington Field Fairfield-Suisun AAB Fleet City Fort Monroe Fort Warren Fourth Infantry Galveston AAF Georgia Pre-Flight Hondo AAF Jacksonville NAS Keesler Field Klamath Falls Marine Barracks Lincoln AAF Lubbock AAF Maxwell Field Miami NTC Minter Field North Carolina Pre-Flight Olathe NAS Ottumwa NAS Richmond AAB Sampton NTS San Diego NTS San Francisco Coast Guard Selman Field South Plains AAF Third Air Force Third Infantry Tonopah AAF
1945	Army (AP No. 1) Navy (AP No. 3) Air Transport Command Amarillo AAF AAF Training Command Albany Navy Atlantic City NAS Bainbridge Barksdale Field Bergstrom Field Camp Beale Camp Blanding Camp Detrick Camp Lee Camp Peary Cherry Point Marines Dalhart AAF Corpus Christi NAS Eastern Flying Training Command El Toro Marines Ellington Field Farragut NTS First Air Force Fleet City Fort Benning Fort McClellan Fort Monroe Fort Pierce Fort Riley Fort Warren Fourth Air Force Great Bend AAF Great Lakes Navy Gulfport AAF Homestead AAB Hondo AAF Hutchinson NAS Jacksonville NAS Kearney AAF Keesler Field Lake Charles AAF Little Creek Luke Field Miami NAS Miami NTC Minter Field North Camp Hood Oceana NAS Olathe NAS Pensacola NAS Personnel Distribution Command Saint Mary's Pre-Flight San Diego NTS Santa Barbara Marines Second Air Force Selman Field South Camp Hood Stockton AAF Third Air Force Williams Field

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