1944 Third Air Force Gremlins football team information
American college football season
1944Third Air Force Gremlins football
Conference
Independent
Record
8–3
Head coach
J. Quinn Decker (1st season)
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 military service football records
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t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Randolph Field
–
11
–
0
–
0
No. 5 Bainbridge
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10
–
0
–
0
No. 18 Fort Pierce
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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
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9
–
2
–
1
No. 10 March Field
–
7
–
2
–
2
Third Air Force
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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
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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 Third Air Force Gremlins football team represented the Third Air Force during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 8–3 record. The Third Air Force was part of the United States Army Air Forces and was based in 1944 at Morris Field in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The team played a 10-game schedule against other military service teams and defeated the Second Air Force team that was ranked No. 20 in the final 1944 AP Poll. Its three losses were against teams ranked in the top 20 in the final poll: Randolph Field (No. 3); Great Lakes (No. 17); and Fort Pierce (No. 18).
J. Quinn Decker, who coached at Centre College before the war, was the team's head coach.[1] The team's key players included backs Charley Trippi (left halfback), Ernie Bonelli (right halfback), Bob Kennedy (fullback), and Frank Gnup (quarterback), and linemen Art Brandau (center), Walt Barnes, and Jack Karwales.[2] Trippi was named as a first-team player on the Associated Press' 1944 Service All-America team.[3]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Third Air Force ranked 27th among the nation's college and service teams and sixth out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 99.4.[4][5]
^"Quinn Decker Building Grid Titan". The Nashville Tennessean. July 20, 1944. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Here Are Two Powerful Grid Arrays Which Meet Here Sunday Afternoon". The Tampa Daily Times. November 18, 1944. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Navy Places Four on AP Service All-America; Trippi in Backfield". The St. Petersburgh Times. December 12, 1944. p. 10 – 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 .
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