Whitman at Second Air Force
Saturday, September 23, 1944 Share
Second Air Force beat Whitman 78–0. It was their only meeting on record.
Final
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 25, 1944, page 2 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES !. Following are the final scores of principal football games played over the weekend: Pittsburgh, 26; West Virginia, 13 Great Lakes, 27; Purdue, Is. Illinois, 26, Indiana, Is. Arkansas, T; Missouri, 6. Atlantic City Naval Air Station, }; Swarthmore, o. Bucknell, IA; Muhlenburg, 0. Denison, 40; Ohio Wesleyan, G. Second Air Force, 78; Whitman, 0. Iowa Navy, 19; Minnesota, 13. Oklahoma A & M, 41; West Texas, G. Duke, 6l; Richmond, T. Wake Forest, ‘; North Carolina Michigan, 14; Marquette, 0. Colorado College, CT; Washburn, Texas A & M, 39; Bryan Air field, O. University of Washington, 3l; Willamette, O. UCLA, l3; use, l3; tied. California, 31; St. Mary’s, T. Green Bay Packers, 42; Chicago Bears, 28 Cleveland Rams, 30; Pittsburgh Chicago Combination, 23 Portland Rockets, 39; Oakland Hornets, O. Los Angeles Mustangs, 20; Los Angeles Wildcats, ‘.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Second Air Force 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Whitman–Second Air Force gameSecond Air Force leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Whitman
- Next gameat WashingtonSept. 30, 1944
- SeasonWhitman in 1944
- ProgramWhitman history and records
Second Air Force
- Next gameat Texas–ArlingtonOct. 21, 1944
- SeasonSecond Air Force in 1944
- ProgramSecond Air Force history and records