1944 Galveston Army Air Field Islanders football team

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1944 Galveston Army Air Field Islanders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–2
Head coach
  • Jim Thomas (1st season)
Home stadiumSchool Park
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
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
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
Third Air Force  – 7 –3 –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
Miami NTC  – 2 –8 –0
Chatham Field  – 1 –7 –1
Bryan AAF  – 1 –7 –0
Sampton NTS  – 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 Galveston Army Air Field Islanders football team, also called the "Bombers", "Flyers", and "Hurricanes", represented the United States Army Air Force's Galveston Army Air Field (Galveston AAF), located near Galveston, Texas, during the 1944 college football season. Led by head coach Jim Thomas, the Islanders compiled a record of 5–3–2. [1] The team's roster included Vince DiFrancesca. Thomas had played college football at Birmingham–Southern College and coached high school football in Georgiana, Alabama. [2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Hondo AAF ranked 140th among the nation's college and service teams and 24th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 59.8. [3] [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Southwestern (TX) Galveston, TX L 6–32 [5]
September 23at Rice
L 0–5712,000 [6] [7]
September 30 Ellington Field Galveston, TXT 0–0 [8]
October 8 Keesler Field Biloxi, MS cancelled [9]
October 14 Bryan AAF Galveston, TXW 19–0 [10] [11]
October 21at Selman Field
T 0–0 [12] [13] [14]
October 28 John Tarleton
  • School Park
  • Galveston, TX
W 40–02,000 [15] [16]
November 6 Texas A&M reserves Galveston, TXW 14–2 [17]
November 11 Hondo AAF Galveston, TXW 19–14 [18]
November 18 Lake Charles AAF Galveston, TXW 20–0 [19]
November 25Selman FieldGalveston, TXL 14–29 [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "Service Football In Texas Ends With Ramblers In First Place". The Big Spring Daily Herald . Big Spring, Texas. December 5, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. ↑ "Cpl. Jim Thomas As Army Football Coach". The Chambers County News. Lanett, Alabama. August 10, 1944. p. 8. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ 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 logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ 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 logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Southwestern Triumphs, 32-6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. September 18, 1944. p. 5. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ "Rice, Gavelston Airmen Tangle Tonight". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. September 22, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. ↑ "Rice Wallops Fliers by 57-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. September 24, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. ↑ "Galveston Ties Ellington, 0-0". Sunday American-Statesman . Austin, Texas. United Press. October 1, 1944. p. 14. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. ↑ "Flora Ordnance to Oppose Keesler in Biloxi Tomorrow". The Daily Herald . Biloxi, Mississippi. October 7, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  12. ↑ "Cyclones May Get Surprise". The Monroe News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. October 19, 1944. p. 11. Retrieved April 13, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  13. ↑ "Surprising Galveston Team Battles Cyclones To 0-0 Tie". Monroe Morning World. Monroe, Louisiana. October 22, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved April 13, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  14. ↑ "Galveston (continued)". Monroe Morning World. Monroe, Louisiana. October 22, 1944. p. 17. Retrieved April 13, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  16. ↑ "Galveston Hurricanes Beat Tarleton, 40-0". Sunday American-Statesman . Austin, Texas. United Press. October 29, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  17. ↑ "Aggie Reserves Beaten". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. November 7, 1944. p. 11. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  18. ↑ "Galveston Upsets Hondo Field". The Monitor . McAllen, Texas. Associated Press. November 12, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  19. ↑ "Galveston AAF Beats Lake Charles". Sunday American-Statesman . Austin, Texas. United Press. November 19, 1944. p. 13. Retrieved April 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  20. ↑ "Selman Wins At Galveston". Monroe Morning World. Monroe, Louisiana. November 26, 1944. p. 18. Retrieved April 13, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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