1944_Klamath_Falls_Marine_Barracks_football_team

1944 Klamath Falls Marine Barracks football
1944 Klamath Falls Marine Barracks football
	Starting backfield Merlin Morehouse, Roy Walters, William Salvadori, and Frank Bancer
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2–1
Head coach	Clyde Roberts;
	Seasons

1944 Klamath Falls Marine Barracks football team

American college football season

The 1944 Klamath Falls Marine Barracks football team was an American football team that represented the United States Marines Corps' Marine Barracks at Klamath Falls, Oregon, during the 1944 college football season. The team compiled a 2–2–1 record and played its home games at Modoc Field.

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The Klamath Falls Barracks were built in 1944 as a treatment and rehabilitation center for Marines returning from the Pacific Theater of Operations, especially those suffering from mosquito-borne diseases. Players were recruited from the 2,000-plus Marines undergoing treatment at the center.^[1]^[2]

Maj. Clyde C. Roberts was the head coach and ran the team in a single wingback formation.^[2] Roberts was the executive officer at the barracks and had been head coach at the Brown Military Academy in San Diego.^[3]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Klamath Falls Marines ranked 254th among the nation's college and service teams and fourth of six United States Marine Corps teams with a rating of 29.3.^[4]^[5]

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"Klamath Falls Marine Barracks 1944-1946 - Klamath Falls, OR". Waymarking. Retrieved August 25, 2021.

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"Pilots Leave For North". San Francisco Examiner. November 3, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Marines Will Play Navycats". Herald and News. September 8, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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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 .

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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 .

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Paul Haines (October 2, 1944). "Willamette Navycats Romp Over Marine Eleven 33-14 In High Scoring Contest". Herald and News. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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Hale Scarbrough (September 29, 1944). "Marines Favored Over Navycats: Capacity Crowd Expected To Jam Modoc Field For First Leatherneck Tilt". Herald and News. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

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Paul Haines (October 9, 1944). "Marines Defeated 13-0 By California Ramblers". Herald and News. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Marines Nose Out Skymasters, 14-12". Herald and News. October 16, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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Paul Haines (October 18, 1944). "From Midfield". Herald and News. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Marines Win 8-0: Leatherneck Eleven Downs Camp Beale Bears to Take Second Victory of Season". Herald and News. October 21, 1944. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

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Paul Haines (November 6, 1944). "Marine Eleven Sloughs Through Mud to 6-6 Tie with Coast Guard Pilots". Herald and News. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Leathernecks Underdogs For Grid Tilt Saturday: Coast Guard Pilots Boast Impressive Record With Wins Over Strong Teams". Herald and News. October 31, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Leatherneck Return Tilt Cancelled". Herald and News. November 13, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.(game cancelled due to a takeoff accident in which the plane the Skymasters were scheduled to fly in had a wing sheared off)

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Willamette	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	L 14–33		^[6]^[7]
October 7	California Ramblers	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	L 0–13	2,000	^[8]
October 14	at Fairfield-Suisun AAB	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	W 14–12		^[9]^[10]
October 20	Camp Beale	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	W 8–0		^[11]
November 5	at San Francisco Coast Guard	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	T 6–6	2,500	^[12]^[13]
November 12	Fairfield-Suisun AAB	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	Cancelled due to takeoff accident		^[14]

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v t e	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