1944 Second Air Force Superbombers football team information
American college football season
1944Second Air Force Superbombers football
Treasury Bond Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Randolph Field
Conference
Independent
Ranking
AP
No. 20
Record
10–4–1
Head coach
Red Reese (2nd season)
Home stadium
Penrose Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1945 →
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 Second Air Force Superbombers football team represented the Second Air Force during the 1944 college football season. The team, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, compiled a 10–4–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 513 to 76, and was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll.[1]
The team played many of the other leading service teams, losing to Randolph Field (No. 3 in the final AP Poll), Iowa Pre-Flight (No. 6), and Norman NAS (No. 14), and a Third Air Force team led by Charley Trippi. The Superbombers also played to a tie against March Field (No. 10).
Major William B. "Red" Reese, who coached football and basketball at Eastern Washington College before the war, was the team's head coach. Notable players on the 1944 Second Air Force squad included Glenn Dobbs, Bill Sewell, Don Fambrough, Nick Susoeff, Ray Evans, John Harrington, Johnny Strzykalski, and Visco Grgich.[2]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Second Air Force ranked sixth among the nation's college and service teams and second out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 117.9.[3][4]
^"1944 Second Air Force Superbombers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
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^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 .
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