1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team

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]

1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 17
1944 record9–2–1
Head coachPaul Brown (1st season)
Home stadiumRoss Field
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

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]

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

Rankings
See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final 
AP Not released 5 6 16 14 14 13 12 12 17

References
  1. "1944 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. "1944 Great Lakes" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2018-02-28 – 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. "Fort Sheridan Loses, 62-0, To Bluejackets". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1, II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 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.
  6. "Illinois Holds Bluejackets to 26 to 26 Tie". Chicago Tribune. October 1, 1944. p. II-1, II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Great Lakes Trips Wildcats". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram (Richmond, IN). October 8, 1944. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Great Lakers Navigate 4th Victory, 38-0". The Des Moines Register. October 15, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Edward Burns. "Ohio Beats Great Lakes, 26-6: 73,477 Watch Buckeye Rally in 4th Quarter". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Great Lakes Washes Over Badgers, 40-12". The Eau Claire Leader. October 29, 1944. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Marquette Put To Rout, 45-7, By Great Lakes". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1944. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Sailors Tally Twice in 4th, Win, 12-10". The Des Moines Register. November 12, 1944. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Marquette Is Beaten, 32 to 0, By Great Lakes". Chicago Tribune. November 19, 1944. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Bluejackets Beat Soldiers Easily, 28 to 7". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 1944. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "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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