1944 Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers football team

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1944 Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
  • G. B. Morris & Albert Wirz (2nd season)
Home stadium Tech Field
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
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
Miami NTC  – 2 –8 –0
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 Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers football team, sometimes called the "Flyers", represented the United States Army Air Forces's Lubbock Army Air Field (Lubbock AAF or LAAF), located near Lubbock, Texas, during the 1944 college football season. Led by coaches G. B. Morris and Albert Wirz, the Fliers compiled a record of 5–4. [1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Lubbock AAF ranked 84th among the nation's college and service teams and 13th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 76.1. [2] [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 238:00 p.m.at Texas Tech
W 27–13 [4] [5]
September 308:15 p.m. Amarillo AAF
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 0–19 [6] [7]
October 78:00 p.m.at Amarillo AAF
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 0–31 [8] [9]
October 14 Beaumont General Hospital
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 19–5 [10] [11]
October 222:30 p.m.vs. South Plains AAF
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX (Khaki Classic)
W 46–144,000 [12] [13]
October 288:00 p.m. Fort Bliss
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 13–0 [14] [15]
November 38:00 p.m.at West Texas State
L 12–14 [16] [17]
November 11No. 15 Norman NAS
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 0–423,000 [18]
November 18at John Tarleton Stephenville, TX W 67–0 [19]

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  2. ↑ 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 .
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  16. ↑ "Buffaloes Will Play Lubbock Army Air Field Friday Night At Stadium". Canyon News . Canyon, Texas. November 2, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  17. ↑ "West Texas State Teachers Upset LAAF For 14-12 Win". Lubbock Morning Avalanche . Lubbock, Texas. November 4, 1944. p. 2. Retrieved April 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  18. ↑ Sgt. Tom Miller (November 12, 1944). "Norman Zoomers Drop LAAF, 42-0: Len Eshmont Leads Power-Laden Zoomers To Easy Grid Win Over Fighting Fliers". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "LAAF Cops 67-0 Win Over John Tarleton". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Lubbock, Texas. November 19, 1944. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  20. ↑ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 177. ISBN   978-1-937943-21-9.
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