1945 First Air Force Aces football team

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1945 First Air Force Aces football
Conference Army Air Forces League
Record3–2–3 (2–2–2 AAF League)
Head coach
  • Jesse Yarborough
Home stadium Ebbets Field, Freeport Municapl Stadium
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
Hutchinson NAS  – 6 –0 –0
Fleet City  – 11 –0 –1
Corpus Christi NAS  – 7 –1 –0
North Camp Hood  – 7 –1 –0
Selman Field  – 7 –1 –0
Jacksonville NAS  – 9 –2 –0
El Toro Marines  – 8 –2 –0
Camp Beale  – 6 –1 –2
Little Creek  – 7 –2 –0
Amarillo AAF  – 3 –1 –0
Farragut NTS  – 6 –2 –0
South Camp Hood  – 5 –2 –0
Santa Barbara Marines  – 7 –3 –1
Fort McClellan  – 4 –2 –0
San Diego NTS  – 4 –2 –0
Eastern Flying Training Command  – 6 –3 –1
Atlantic City NAS  – 4 –2 –1
Minter Field  – 4 –2 –1
Camp Lee  – 7 –4 –0
Camp Peary  – 5 –3 –0
Olathe NAS  – 3 –2 –0
Great Lakes Navy  – 6 –4 –1
Hondo AAF  – 6 –4 –1
Bainbridge  – 5 –4 –0
Fort Benning  – 5 –4 –1
Albany Navy  – 3 –3 –1
Williams Field  – 4 –4 –0
Stockton AAF  – 4 –5 –2
Camp Detrick  – 3 –4 –0
Kearney AAF  – 3 –4 –0
Fort Warren  – 5 –7 –0
Bergstrom Field  – 3 –5 –1
Barksdale Field  – 4 –7 –0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight  – 2 –4 –1
Keesler Field  – 3 –6 –1
Camp Blanding  – 1 –2 –0
Great Bend AAF  – 2 –4 –0
Luke Field  – 1 –2 –0
Miami NAS  – 1 –2 –0
Fort Pierce  – 4 –9 –0
Gulfport AAF  – 2 –5 –0
Ellington Field  – 1 –4 –1
Miami NTC  – 1 –3 –0
Oceana NAS  – 1 –3 –0
Fort Riley  – 1 –4 –0
Lake Charles AAF  – 1 –4 –0
Pensacola NAS  – 2 –7 –1
Cherry Point Marines  – 1 –8 –0
Dalhart AAF  – 0 –3 –0
Homestead AAB  – 0 –3 –0
Fort Monroe  – 0 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1945 First Air Force Aces football team represented the First Air Force based at Mitchel Field during the 1945 college football season. The Aces competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. Led by head coach Jesse Yarborough, the Aces compiled an overall record of 3–2–3 with a mark of 2–2–2 in league play, placing fourth in the AAF League. [1] Major Yarborough's coaching staff consisted of Lieutenant Clyde Crabtree as backfield coach, Staff Sergeant George Platukis as line coach, and Lieutenant Art White as ends coach. White and Platukis were also players for the team. [2] The team's roster included Frank Damiani and Bill Paschal, who had both played for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

The First Air Force Aces were ranked 14th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Air Transport Command *
T 7–7 [4]
September 29at Fort Pierce *
W 19–716,000 [5] [6]
October 72:30 p.m.vs. Third Air Force
L 0–19 [7]
October 14at Personnel Distribution Command
L 0–712,000 [8] [9]
October 21vs. Air Transport Command
T 7–710,000 [10] [11]
October 282:00 p.m.vs. Fourth Air Force
T 6–67,000 [12] [13]
November 112:00 p.m. AAF Training Command
W 24–612,515 [14] [15] [16]
November 18 Second Air Force
W 15–04,000 [17] [18]
November 25at Cherry Point Marines * Cherry Point, NC cancelled [19]

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