1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football team

American college football season August 2023 1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football 1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football team.jpg 285 Independent 4–2–1 Al Tassi & Bill Howard none none The 1944 San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the United States Coast Guard's Bay and Powell Receiving Station during the 1944 college football season.Side Lines San Francisco Examiner Harry Borba November 18, 1944 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84068322/side-lines/ Newspapers.com The team compiled a 4–2–1 record. The team was newly organized in 1944 by Lt. Comdr. W. H. Maybaum at the request of a number of men who had returned from the Pacific battle area. Maybaum noted that 75% of the 40 men on the team had seen more than a year overseas. With the San Francisco Dons football program idle due to the war, the Pilots used the Dons' uniforms and its coaches, Al Tassi and Bill Howard.Coast Guard Will Use Don Coaches, Uniforms San Francisco Examiner September 12, 1944 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84068819/coast-guard-will-use-don-coaches/ Newspapers.com Emlen Tunnell, later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played for the team. Walter Heap, who played quarterback for the Los Angeles Dons after the war, also played for the 1944 Pilots.Grid Coaches Seem Confident Oakland Tribune September 12, 1944 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7659354/tunnell-1944-sept-12/ Newspapers.com In the final Litkenhous Ratings, San Francisco Coast Guard ranked 95th among the nation's college and service teams and fourth of out six United States Coast Guard teams with a rating of 74.1.Litkenhous E. E. Edward E. Litkenhous Big Ten Circuit Repeats As King of College Leagues https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122545021/ The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City Utah December 10, 1944 8B April 9, 2023 Newspapers.com Litkenhous E. E. Edward E. Litkenhous Army, Randolph Field One-Two in Final Litkenhouse Ratings https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph/122892812/ Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania December 17, 1944 4, section 2 April 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Schedule 1944 AP y y September 30 at Cal Ramblers Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA W 33-6 Pilots Rout Ramblers San Francisco Examiner October 1, 1944 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84067468/pilots-rout-ramblers/ Newspapers.com October 14 at Fleet City Forster Field Shoemaker, CA L 6–27 10,000 Fleet City Beats Guard Pilots, 27-6 Oakland Tribune October 15, 1944 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84045953/fleet-city/ Newspapers.com October 22 at Fairfield-Suisun AAB Corbus Field Vallejo, CA W 40-6 4,000 Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6 San Francisco Examiner October 23, 1944 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84062672/pilots-bomb-rivals-40-6/ Newspapers.com October 28 at Camp Beale Marysville, CA W 25-6 Beale Defeated By Coast Guard Appeal-Democrat October 30, 1944 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84067890/beale-defeated-by-coast-guard/ Newspapers.com November 5 Klamath Falls Marine Barracks Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR T 6-6 2,500 Marine Eleven Sloughs Through Mud to 6-6 Tie with Coast Guard Pilots Herald and News Paul Haines November 6, 1944 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84075942/marine-eleven-sloughs/ Newspapers.comLeathernecks Underdogs For Grid Tilt Saturday: Coast Guard Pilots Boast Impressive Record With Wins Over Strong Teams Herald and News October 31, 1944 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84076525/leathernecks-underdogs-for-grid-tilt/ Newspapers.com November 11 at Pacific (CA) Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA W 13-0 1,500 Tunnell Paces Pilots to 13-0 Win Over Pacific San Francisco Examiner Harry Borba November 13, 1944 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84066587/tunnell/ Newspapers.com November 25 vs No. 16 El Toro Marines Santa Barbara, CA L 0-60 El Toro Clouts Pilots, 60-0 Los Angeles Times November 26, 1944 II-6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17792466/el_toro_clouts_pilots_600/ Newspapers.com References Category:1944 college football season Category:1944 in sports in California