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{{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]] AP No. 5
The 1944 Bainbridge Naval Training Station Commodores football team represented the Bainbridge Naval Training Station during the 1944 college football season . The station was located at Bainbridge, Maryland . The team compiled a 10–0 record and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll . Joe Maniaci was the team's head coach.[1]
Bainbridge players took five of eleven spots on the Associated Press ' All-Mid-Atlantic football team: end Ed Vandeweghe, guard Buster Ramsey , center Lou Sossamon , and backs Charlie Justice and Harvey Johnson .[2] Justice led the team in both scoring (14 touchdowns for 84 points) and rushing (529 yards on 48 carries for an average of 11.0 yards per carry).[3] Harry Hopp was the team's second leading rusher with 520 yards on 83 carries (6.3 yards per carry).[3]
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References
^ "Wonder Team of Bainbridge To Have Its Chance" . The Daily Mail . November 17, 1943. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Dominates All-Mid-Atlantic Team" . The Baltimore Sun . December 5, 1944. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Charlie Justice Leads Bainbridge Scoring" . The Baltimore Sun . December 5, 1944. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Commodores Top Camp Lee: Bainbridge Eleven Downs Soldiers By 43-0 Score" . The Baltimore Sun . p. 21 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Marines Bow To Bainbridge: Camp Lejeune Eleven Buried Under 53-7" . The Baltimore Sun . October 9, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Gridders Swamp Camden Pro Eleven, 47-7" . The Baltimore Sun . October 16, 1944. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Camp Peary Bows To Bainbridge, 7-0" . The Baltimore Sun . October 23, 1944. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Maxwell Bows To Bainbridge: Commodores Barely Manage To Edge Soldiers, 15-7" . The Baltimore Sun . October 30, 1944. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Wins, 49 to 20: Commodores Humble North Carolina Pre-Flight Eleven" . The Baltimore Sun . November 6, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Flattens Cherry Point Marines, 50-7, For 14th Straight Win: Victors Tally 8 Touchdowns" . The Baltimore Sun . November 12, 1944. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Triumphs, 33-6: Trounces Camp Lejeune As Justice Scores 3 Times" . The Baltimore Sun . November 20, 1944. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Continues Undefeated With 21-13 Victory Over Camp Peary" . The Baltimore Sun . November 26, 1944. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bainbridge Triumphs, 13-3: Unbeaten Sailors Top Maxwell Field For 17th Victory" . The Baltimore Sun . December 4, 1944. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com .
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