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The 1944 El Toro Flying Marines football team represented the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station during the 1944 college football season. The station was located in Orange County, California, near the town of El Toro (later renamed Lake Forest). The team compiled an 8–1 record and was ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll. Lt. Col. Dick Hanley was the team's head coach.[1] Cliff Battles and Jim Tuttle were assistant coaches.
1944 El Toro Flying Marines football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 16 |
Record | 8–1 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Santa Ana Municipal Bowl |
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, El Toro ranked 23rd among the nation's college and service teams and first out of six United States Marine Corps teams with a rating of 100.0.[2][3]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 16 | at Fleet City | W 13–7 | 6,000 | [4] | ||||
September 30 | Fairfield-Suisun AAB |
| W 56–0 | [5] | ||||
October 7 | Beaumont General Hospital |
| W 52–0 | [6] | ||||
October 15 | at San Diego NTS | San Diego, CA | W 6–0 | [7] | ||||
October 22 | at No. 14 March Field |
| L 14–20 | 16,000 | [8] | |||
October 28 | Fleet City |
| W 14–0 | 8,000 | [9] | |||
November 11 | at Coronado Amphibious Training Base | No. 17 |
| W 51–7 | [10] | |||
November 18 | at Fort Bliss | No. 15 | El Paso, TX | W 42–0 | [11] | |||
November 25 | vs. San Francisco Coast Guard | No. 16 | Santa Barbara, CA | W 60–0 | [12] | |||
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Week | |||||||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18т | 16 |
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