1944 Second Air Force Superbombers football team

The 1944 Second Air Force Superbombers football team represented the Second Air Force during the 1944 college football season. The team, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, compiled a 10–4–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 513 to 76, and was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll.[1]

1944 Second Air Force Superbombers football
Treasury Bond Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Randolph Field
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20
1944 record10–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPenrose Stadium
1944 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Randolph Field      12 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
Bunker Hill NAS      6 1 0
No. 3 Great Lakes Navy      9 2 1
No. 10 March Field      7 2 2
North Carolina Pre-Flight      6 2 1
No. 20 Second Air Force      10 4 1
Camp Peary      5 2 0
Third Air Force      7 3 1
Alameda Coast Guard      4 2 2
No. 19 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight      4 4 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The team played many of the other leading service teams, losing to Randolph Field (No. 3 in the final AP Poll), Iowa Pre-Flight (No. 6), and Norman NAS (No. 14), and a Third Air Force team led by Charley Trippi. The Superbombers also played to a tie against March Field (No. 10).

Major William B. "Red" Reese, who coached football and basketball at Eastern Washington College before the war, was the team's head coach. Notable players on the 1944 Second Air Force squad included Glenn Dobbs, Bill Sewell, Don Fambrough, Nick Susoeff, Ray Evans, John Harrington, Johnny Strzykalski, and Visco Grgich.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2vs. Peru Teachers Navy V-12
W 38–010,000[3]
September 8Colorado CollegeW 24–010,000[2]
September 17at Idaho StatePocatello, IDW 45–0[4]
September 23vs. WhitmanBoise, IDW 78–07,000[5]
September 30at ColoradoW 33–6[6]
October 7vs. Iowa Pre-FlightL 6–1229,500[7]
October 14vs. New MexicoNo. 15W 89–610,000[8]
October 21at North Texas AgriculturalNo. 19
W 68–08,000[9]
October 29at Norman NASNo. 15Norman, OKL 6–13[10]
November 5Amarillo Field
  • Penrose Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 46–66,000[11]
November 12vs. Fort WarrenDenverW 20–0[12]
November 18at Washington
W 47–66,592[13]
November 26 No. 9 March FieldNo. 19DenverT 0–012,000[14]
December 10vs. Third Air ForceNo. 20L 7–148,000[15]
December 16vs. No. 3 Randolph FieldNo. 20
L 6–138,356[16]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1944 Second Air Force Superbombers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  2. "Second Grid Victory In Bombers' Bag: Dobbs Dazzles In Servicemen's Triumph". The Lincoln Star. September 9, 1944. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Superbombers Trounce Peru". The Sunday Argus-Leader. September 3, 1944. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Superbombers Score 45-0 Win Over Idaho". Eugene Register-Guard. September 18, 1944. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "2nd AAF Swamps Whitman, 78-0". The Honolulu Advertiser. September 24, 1944. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dobbs passed 2nd air force to 33-6 win". Sunday Journal and Star (NE). October 1, 1944. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  7. George Mills (October 8, 1944). "Pre-Flights Stop Dobbs, Win, 12 to 6". The Des Moines Register. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Superbombers Roll up 89-6 Win Over Lobos". Clovis News-Journal. October 15, 1944. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "2nd Air Force Coasts, 68 to 0". The Des Moines Register. October 22, 1944. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Norman Navy Spills Dobbs' Mates, 13 to 6". The Des Moines Register. October 30, 1946. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Superbombers Smother Sky Giants, 46-6". Amarillo Daily News. November 6, 1944. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Superbomber 20, Fort Warren 0". The Greeley Daily Tribune. November 13, 1933. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Airforce Gridders Rout Huskies". Montana Standard. November 19, 1944. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "March Field, Second Air Force Fight to Bruising 0-0 Deadlock". The San Bernardino County Sun. November 27, 1944. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Gremlins Bump Superbombers to Tune of 14-7". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1944. p. II-8 via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Ramblers Nip Bombers, 13-6". Los Angeles Times. December 17, 1944. p. II-5, II-6 via Newspapers.com.
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