1945 Army Air Forces Training Command Skymasters football team

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1945 Army Air Forces Training Command Skymasters football
AAF League co-champion
Legion Bowl, L 0–27 vs. Fourth Air Force
Conference Army Air Forces League
Record8–3–1 (4–1–1 AAF League)
Head coach
Home stadium Farrington Field
Seasons
←  1944
1946 →
1945 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army Air Forces League
Third Air Force + 4 –1 –17 –2 –1
AAF Training Command + 4 –1 –18 –3 –1
Fourth Air Force 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
First Air Force 2 –2 –23 –2 –3
Air Transport Command 2 –3 –16 –3 –2
Personnel Distribution Command 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Second Air Force 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Independents
Fleet City  – 11 –0 –1
Corpus Christi NAS  – 7 –1 –0
Jacksonville NAS  – 9 –2 –0
El Toro Marines  – 8 –2 –0
Great Lakes Navy  – 6 –4 –1
Atlantic City NAS  – 4 –2 –1
Fort Warren  – 5 –7 –0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight  – 2 –4 –1
Keesler Field  – 3 –6 –1
Fort Pierce  – 4 –9 –0
Pensacola NAS  – 2 –7 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1945 Army Air Forces Training Command Skymasters football team represented the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) based in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1945 college football season. The Skymasters competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. The Skymasters compiled an overall record of 8–3–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in league play, sharing the AAF League title with the Third Air Force Gremlins. [1] Major Doug Fessenden was the team's head coach. Captain Berl Huffman served as backfield coach. [2]

The AAFTC Skymasters were ranked sixth among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings, behind Army, Navy, Alabama, Fleet City, and El Toro Marines. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Keesler Field *
W 29–015,000 [4]
September 302:30 p.m. Fort Benning *
  • Farrington Field
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 27–010,000 [5] [6] [7] [8]
October 72:00 p.m.at Fort Pierce *
W 19–710,000 [9] [10] [11]
October 132:30 p.m.at Air Transport Command
W 14–07,500 [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
October 222:30 p.m. Fourth Air Force
  • Farrington Field
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 19–713,000 [17] [18]
October 28at El Toro Marines *
L 0–730,000 [19]
November 11at First Air Force
L 6–2412,515 [20] [21]
November 181:30 p.m.at Third Air Force
T 7–710,000 [22] [23] [24]
November 252:30 p.m. Eastern Flying Training Command *
  • Farrington Field
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 45–77,000 [25] [26] [27]
December 2 Second Air Force
  • Farrington Field
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 37–730,000 [28]
December 9vs. Personnel Distribution Command
W 14–06,546 [29]
December 162:00 p.m.vs. Fourth Air Force*
L 0–276,000 [30] [31] [32]

[33]

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