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The 1944 Bainbridge Naval Training Station Commodores football team represented the United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge, Maryland during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 10–0 record and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP poll. Joe Maniaci was the team's head coach.[1]

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APNo. 5
Record10–0
Headcoach
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1944 Bainbridge Commodores football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 5
Record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumTome Field
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1944 military service football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Randolph Field – 11–0–0
No. 5 Bainbridge – 10–0–0
No. 18 Fort Pierce – 9–0–0
No. T–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
Melville PT Boats – 3–0–0
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
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Bainbridge players took five of eleven spots on the Associated Press' All-Mid-Atlantic football team: end Ed Vandeweghe, guard Buster Ramsey, center Lou Sossamon, and backs Charlie Justice and Harvey Johnson.[2] Justice led the team in both scoring (14 touchdowns for 84 points) and rushing (529 yards on 48 carries for an average of 11.0 yards per carry).[3] Harry Hopp was the team's second leading rusher with 520 yards on 83 carries (6.3 yards per carry).[3]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Bainbridge ranked 28th among the nation's college and service teams and fifth out of 28 United States Navy teams with a rating of 98.8.[4][5]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 302:30 p.m.Camp Lee
W 43–0 [6][7]
October 9Camp Lejeune
  • Tome Field
  • Bainbridge, MD
W 53–7 [8]
October 15Camden Blue DevilsNo. 18
  • Tome Field
  • Bainbridge, MD
W 47–7 [9]
October 22at Camp PearyNo. 18 Williamsburg, VAW 7–0 [10]
October 29at Maxwell FieldNo. 13
W 15–7 [11]
November 52:30 p.m.at No. 8 North Carolina Pre-FlightNo. 12
W 49–2022,000[12][13]
November 11Cherry Point MarinesNo. 6
  • Tome Field
  • Bainbridge, MD
W 50–7 [14]
November 19at Camp LejeuneNo. 6 Camp Lejeune, NCW 33–6 [15]
November 25Camp PearyNo. 5
  • Tome Field
  • Bainbridge, MD
W 21–1313,000[16]
December 3Maxwell FieldNo. 5
  • Tome Field
  • Bainbridge, MD
W 13–3[17]
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Rankings

See also: 1944 college football rankings
More information Week, Poll ...
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Week
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AP1818 (2)13 (2)12 (2)6 (6)6 (4)5 (4.33)5 (11.33)5 (3)
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