The 1944 El Toro Flying Marines football team represented the
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near Irvine, California.
Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coast. ...
during the
1944 college football season
The 1944 college football season was the 76th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six C ...
. The station was located in
Orange County, California, near the town of El Toro (later renamed
Lake Forest). The team compiled an 8–1 record and was ranked No. 16 in the
final AP Poll. Lt. Col.
Dick Hanley was the team's head coach.
Cliff Battles and Jim Tuttle were assistant coaches.
In the final
Litkenhous Ratings, El Toro ranked 23rd among the nation's college and service teams and first out of six
United States Marine Corps teams with a rating of 100.0.
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El Toro Flying Marines football
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near Irvine, California.
Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coas ...