1944 Maxwell Field Marauders football team

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1944 Maxwell Field Marauders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
  • Jesse Yarborough
Home stadiumCramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 military service football records
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 Maxwell Field Marauders football team represented Maxwell Field during the 1944 college football season. Under head coach Jesse Yarborough, the Marauders compiled a 5–5 record.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Third Air Force ranked 79th among the nation's college and service teams and 12th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 77.6.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12:30 p.m.Third InfantryL 0–2615,000[3][4]
October 8Kinston MCAA
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 62–06,000[5]
October 22Chatham Field
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 40–0[6]
October 29No. 13 Bainbridge
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
L 7–15[7]
November 52:30 p.m.Fourth Infantry
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 25–78,000[8][9][10]
November 11at No. 3 Randolph FieldL 0–2515,911[11]
November 19at Third Air ForceL 7–4112,000[12]
November 227:00 p.m.at Fourth Infantry
W 26–712,000[13][14][15]
November 257:15 p.m.at Miami NTCW 13–0[16][17]
December 3at No. 5 Bainbridge
L 3–13[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 icon.
  2. ^ 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 icon.
  3. ^ "Maxwell Marauders Meet Third Infantry Here Today". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 1, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Ft. Benning takes opener". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 2, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Marauders display vaunted power in overwhelming Kinston Marines". Pensacola News Journal. October 9, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Maxwell Field downs Chatham". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Maxwell bows to Bainbridge: Commodores barely manage to edge Soldiers, 15–7". The Baltimore Sun. October 30, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Maxwell And Fourth Infantry Collide Here Today". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. November 5, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Adams, Sam (November 6, 1944). "Mauraders Use Straight Football To Triumph, 25 To 7". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. p. 9. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Maxwell Field beats Ft. Benning combine". The Chattanooga Times. November 6, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Randolph defeats Maxwell 25 to 0". Valley Evening Monitor. November 12, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Gremlins crush Marauders gridders by 41–7 score". Tampa Morning Tribune. November 20, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Cronin, John T. (November 22, 1944). "Raiders To Meet Marauders at Benning Tonight". The Columbus Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 15. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Cronin, John T. (November 22, 1944). "Kemp— (continued)". The Columbus Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 17. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ Cronin, John T. (November 23, 1944). "Mauraduers Slaughter Raiders, 26-7". The Columbus Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. p. 8. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Maxwell Faces NTC In Stadium". Miami Daily News. Miami, Florida. November 25, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Marauders vanquish NTC, 13–0". The Miami Herald. November 26, 1944. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Bainbridge triumphs, 13–3: Unbeaten sailors top Maxwell Field For 17th victory". The Baltimore Sun. December 4, 1944. p. 16. Retrieved August 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.