The 1944 Klamath Falls Marine Barracks football team was an

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team that represented the

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' Marine Barracks at

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, during the

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. The team compiled a 2–2–1 record and played its home games at Modoc Field. 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. Maj. Clyde C. Roberts was the head coach and ran the team in a single wingback formation. Roberts was the executive officer at the barracks and had been head coach at the Brown Military Academy in San Diego. In the final

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, Klamath Falls Marines ranked 254th among the nation's college and service teams and fourth of six

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teams with a rating of 29.3.

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