1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team

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1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record9–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRoss Field
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 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented Great Lakes Naval Training Station during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 9–2–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 348 to 134, and was ranked No. 17 in the final AP Poll.[1][2]

In April 1944, Paul Brown, who coached at Ohio State before the war, was commissioned as a lieutenant and assigned to coach the Great Lakes football team.[3]

The players on the 1944 Great Lakes team included backs Jim Youel (quarterback, Iowa), Eddie Saenz (left halfback, USC), Chuck Avery (right halfback, Minnesota), Jim Mello (fullback, Notre Dame), Don Lesher (halfback), Don Manglold (Indiana), Bob Hanlon, and Ara Parseghian (Miami (OH)), ends Cecil Souders and George Young (Georgia), and linemen Pete Krivonak (guard), Jesse Hahn (guard), and Carmen Izzo (center).[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Great Lakes Navy ranked 11th among the nation's college and service teams and second out of 28 United States Navy teams with a rating of 112.4.[4][5]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Fort Sheridan
W 62–025,000[6]
September 23Purdue
  • Ross Field
  • Great Lakes, IL
W 27–1825,000[7]
September 30Illinois
  • Ross Field
  • Great Lakes, IL
T 26–2625,000[8]
October 7at Northwestern
W 25–035,000[9]
October 14Western MichiganNo. 5
  • Ross Field
  • Great Lakes, IL
W 38–025,000[10]
October 21at No. 4 Ohio StateNo. 6
L 6–2673,477[11]
October 28at WisconsinNo. 16
W 40–1224,000[12]
November 5at MarquetteNo. 14
W 45–712,000[13]
November 11Third Air ForceNo. 14
  • Ross Field
  • Great Lakes, IL
W 12–1025,000[14]
November 18MarquetteNo. 13
  • Ross Field
  • Great Lakes, IL
W 32–025,000[15]
November 25Fort WarrenNo. 12
  • Ross Field
  • Great Lakes, IL
W 28–723,000[16]
December 2at No. 9 Notre DameNo. 12
L 7–2838,000[17]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings[edit]

See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
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( ) = First-place votes
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References[edit]

  1. ^ "1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "1944 Great Lakes" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via LA84 Foundation.
  3. ^ "Buckeye Coach To Great Lakes: Paul Brown Ordered to Report Monday; May Be Bluejacket Grid Mentor". Lafayette Journal and Courier. April 14, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Fort Sheridan Loses, 62-0, To Bluejackets". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1, II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bert McGrane (September 24, 1944). "Youel Fires Sailors Over Purdue, 27-18: Iowan Runs 93 and Hurls for 3 Tallies". The Des Moines Register. p. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Illinois Holds Bluejackets to 26 to 26 Tie". Chicago Tribune. October 1, 1944. p. II-1, II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Great Lakes Trips Wildcats". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram (Richmond, IN). October 8, 1944. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Great Lakers Navigate 4th Victory, 38-0". The Des Moines Register. October 15, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Edward Burns. "Ohio Beats Great Lakes, 26-6: 73,477 Watch Buckeye Rally in 4th Quarter". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Great Lakes Washes Over Badgers, 40-12". The Eau Claire Leader. October 29, 1944. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Marquette Put To Rout, 45-7, By Great Lakes". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1944. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Sailors Tally Twice in 4th, Win, 12-10". The Des Moines Register. November 12, 1944. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Marquette Is Beaten, 32 to 0, By Great Lakes". Chicago Tribune. November 19, 1944. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Bluejackets Beat Soldiers Easily, 28 to 7". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 1944. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Notre Dame Wins: Irish Trounce Great Lakes' Eleven, 28 to 7". Chicago Tribune. December 3, 1944. p. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
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