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1944 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team

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1944Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 6
Record	10–1
Head coach	Jack Meagher (1st season)
Home stadium	Iowa Stadium
Seasons ← 1943

1944 military service football records
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. 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

Rankings fromAP Poll

The1944 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team represented theUnited States Navy pre-flight school at theUniversity of Iowa as an independent during the1944 college football season. In its third season, the team compiled a 10–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 313 to 96, and was ranked No. 6 in thefinal AP poll.^[1]^[2]

In June 1944,Jack Meagher—the head football coach at Auburn from 1934 to 1942—was assigned to replaceDon Faurot as the pre-fight school's head coach. Faurot had been transferred toMonmouth College in January. Meagher was serving as a lieutenant commander in the Navyand had been assigned previously to the technical training center inNorman, Oklahoma.^[3] Meagher's assistant coaches in 1944 includedBud Wilkinson (who later coached at Oklahoma),Steve Sinko, andChuck Jaskwhich.Harvey Harman was the athletic director.^[4]^[5]

In the finalLitkenhous Ratings, Iowa Pre-Flight ranked eighth among the nation's college and service teams and first out of 28United States Navy teams with a rating of 115.9.^[6]^[7]

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	atMichigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–12	20,243
September 23	atMinnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 19–13	31,600	^[8]
September 30	Olathe NAS		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 45–12	5,000	^[9]
October 7	vs.Second Air Force		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 12–6	29,500	^[10]
October 14	at No. 7Purdue	No. 11	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 13–6	18,000	^[11]
October 22	Fort Warren	No. 5	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 30–0	8,000	^[12]
October 29	atMarquette	No. 6	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 26–0	8,000	^[13]
November 4	atTulsa	No. 7	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 47–27	18,000	^[14]
November 11	Bunker Hill NAS	No. 7	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 33–7	4,000	^[15]
November 18	atMissouri	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 51–7		^[16]
November 25	vs.Iowa	No. 7	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 30–6	2,500	^[17]
Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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Ranking movements
**Legend:**██ Increase in ranking██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	11(1)	5(0.25)	6	7	7	7	7(2)	6(1)	6(1)

Roster

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Player	Position
Arthur Guepe	Back
John Herriman	End
Lou King	Back
Bus Mertes	Back
Randle Rushing	Back
Don Samuels	Back
Vic Schleich	Tackle
Bob Smith	Back
Jimmy Smith	Back
Warren Smith	Tackle
George Strohmeyer	Center
Dick Sullivan	Back
Dell Taylor	Back
Don Waldron	Back
Charles Woodward	Back

References

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^"1944 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2018.
^John B. Scott."1944 Iowa Pre-Flight"(PDF). College Football Historical Society – viaLA84 Foundation.
^"Meagher to Coach Iowa's Pre-Flight Football Team".Muscatine Journal and NewsTribune. June 16, 1944. p. 6 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Name Aides To Meagher At Iowa Navy".The Des Moines Tribune. July 15, 1944. p. 6 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Seahawks Open Grid Drills".The Des Moines Register. July 18, 1944. p. 9 – viaNewspapers.com.
^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. RetrievedApril 9, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1944)."Army, Randolph Field One-Two in Final Litkenhouse Ratings".Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph.Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 4, section 2. RetrievedApril 15, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Sec Taylor (September 24, 1944)."Seahawks' Rallies Tip Gophers, 19-13".The Des Moines Register. p. 19 – viaNewspapers.com.
^George Mills (October 1, 1944)."Iowa Seahawks Shellac Olathe Flyers 45-12".The Des Moines Sunday Register. p. 4S – viaNewspapers.com.
^George Mills (October 8, 1944)."Pre-Flights Stop Dobbs, Win, 12 to 6".The Des Moines Register. p. 17 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Sec Taylor (October 15, 1944)."Seahawks Surprise Purdue, 13-6".The Des Moines Sunday Register. p. 17 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Bert McGrane (October 23, 1944)."Seahawks Tame Broncos, 30-0".The Des Moines Register. p. 9 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Cadets Slap Marquette, 26-0".The Des Moines Register. October 30, 1944. p. 9 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Sec Taylor (November 5, 1944)."Cadets Romp, 47-27".The Des Moines Register. p. 17 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Seahawks Swoop, 33 to 7".The Des Moines Sunday Register. November 12, 1944. p. 2S – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Seahawks Grind Missouri, 51-7".The Des Moines Sunday Register. November 19, 1944. p. 21 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Iowa Wilts in 4th, Bows, 30-6".The Des Moines Sunday Register. November 26, 1944. p. 17 – viaNewspapers.com.

v t e World War II military service football teams
Bowl games	1943 Sun Bowl 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic
All-Service	1943 All-Service football team 1944 All-Service football team
1942	Army Navy Great Lakes Navy (AP Service [APS] No. 1) Iowa Pre-Flight (APS No. 2) Georgia Pre-Flight (APS No. 3) North Carolina Pre-Flight (APS No. 4) Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (APS No. 5) Jacksonville NAS (APS No. 6) Camp Grant (APS No. 7) Pensacola NAS (APS No. 8) Manhattan Beach Coast Guard (APS No. 9) Corpus Christi NAS (APS No. 10) Second Air Force (APS No. 11) Fort Knox (APS No. 12) Lakehurst NAS (APS No. 13) Fort Monmouth (APS No. 14) Fort Riley (APS No. 15) Camp Davis (APS No. 16) March Field (APS No. 17) Fort Totten (APS T-No. 18) Spence Field (APS T-No. 18) Daniel Field (APS T-No. 20) Fort Douglas (APS T-No. 20) Alameda Coast Guard Albuquerque AAB Santa Ana AAB Will Rogers AB
1943	Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 2) Navy (AP No. 4) Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 6) Del Monte Pre-Flight (AP No. 8) March Field (AP No. 10) Army (AP No. 11) Bainbridge (AP No. 17) 124th Infantry 176th Infantry 300th Infantry Alameda Coast Guard Atlantic City NAS Blackland AAF Bowman Field Bryan AAF Bunker Hill NAS Camp Davis Camp Edwards Camp Grant Camp Gordon Camp Kilmer Camp Lee Camp Lejeune Charleston Coast Guard Cherry Point Marines Curtis Bay Coast Guard Daniel Field Fort Douglas Fort Knox Fort Monroe Fort Riley Fort Sheridan Fort Warren Georgia Pre-Flight Greensboro Greenville AAB Jacksonville NATTC Kearns Field Keesler Field Kirtland Field Lakehurst NAS Logan Navy Lowry Field Lubbock AAF Memphis NATTC Norfolk Fleet Marines Norman NAS North Carolina Pre-Flight Ottumwa NAS Patterson Field Pocatello AAB Randolph Field Richmond AAB St. Mary's Pre-Flight Salt Lake AAB Sampson NTS San Diego NTS South Plains AAF Spokane Air Service Ward Island Marines Wright Field
1944	Army (AP No. 1) Randolph Field (AP No. 3) Navy (AP No. 4) Bainbridge (AP No. 5) Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 6) March Field (AP No. 10) Norman NAS (AP No. 13) El Toro Marines (AP No. 16) Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 17) Fort Pierce (AP No. 18) Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (AP No. 19) Second Air Force (AP No. 20) Alameda Coast Guard Amarillo AAF Atlantic City NAS Bergstrom Field Blackland AAF Bryan AAF Bunker Hill NAS Camp Beale Camp Ellis Camp Lee Camp Peary Chatham Field Cherry Point Marines Coronado Amphibious Daniel Field Ellington Field Fairfield-Suisun AAB Fleet City Fort Monroe Fort Warren Fourth Infantry Galveston AAF Georgia Pre-Flight Hondo AAF Jacksonville NAS Keesler Field Klamath Falls Marine Barracks Lincoln AAF Lubbock AAF Maxwell Field Miami NTC Minter Field North Carolina Pre-Flight Olathe NAS Ottumwa NAS Richmond AAB Sampton NTS San Diego NTS San Francisco Coast Guard Selman Field South Plains AAF Third Air Force Third Infantry Tonopah AAF
1945	Army (AP No. 1) Navy (AP No. 3) Air Transport Command Amarillo AAF AAF Training Command Albany Navy Atlantic City NAS Bainbridge Barksdale Field Bergstrom Field Camp Beale Camp Blanding Camp Detrick Camp Lee Camp Peary Cherry Point Marines Dalhart AAF Corpus Christi NAS Eastern Flying Training Command El Toro Marines Ellington Field Farragut NTS First Air Force Fleet City Fort Benning Fort McClellan Fort Monroe Fort Pierce Fort Riley Fort Warren Fourth Air Force Great Bend AAF Great Lakes Navy Gulfport AAF Homestead AAB Hondo AAF Hutchinson NAS Jacksonville NAS Kearney AAF Keesler Field Lake Charles AAF Little Creek Luke Field Miami NAS Miami NTC Minter Field North Camp Hood Oceana NAS Olathe NAS Pensacola NAS Personnel Distribution Command Saint Mary's Pre-Flight San Diego NTS Santa Barbara Marines Second Air Force Selman Field South Camp Hood Stockton AAF Third Air Force Williams Field

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