1945 Melville PT Boats football team

1945 Melville PT Boats football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1
Head coach	Mike Holovak (1st season)
Seasons ←  1944

1945 military service football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army Air Forces League
Third Air Force +	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
AAF Training Command +	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Fourth Air Force	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
First Air Force	2	–	2	–	2			3	–	2	–	3
Air Transport Command	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	2
Personnel Distribution Command	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Second Air Force	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Independents
Fleet City			–					11	–	0	–	1
Jacksonville NAS			–					9	–	2	–	0
Hutchinson NAS			–					8	–	0	–	0
Selman Field			–					8	–	1	–	0
El Toro Marines			–					8	–	2	–	0
Corpus Christi NAS			–					7	–	1	–	0
North Camp Hood			–					7	–	1	–	0
Little Creek			–					7	–	2	–	0
Santa Barbara Marines			–					7	–	3	–	1
Camp Lee			–					7	–	4	–	0
Camp Beale			–					6	–	1	–	2
Farragut NTS			–					6	–	2	–	0
Eastern Flying Training Command			–					6	–	3	–	1
Great Lakes Navy			–					6	–	4	–	1
Hondo AAF			–					6	–	4	–	1
South Camp Hood			–					5	–	2	–	0
Camp Peary			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bainbridge			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fort Benning			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fort Warren			–					5	–	7	–	0
Fort McClellan			–					4	–	2	–	0
San Diego NTS			–					4	–	2	–	0
Atlantic City NAS			–					4	–	2	–	1
Minter Field			–					4	–	2	–	1
Williams Field			–					4	–	4	–	0
Stockton AAF			–					4	–	5	–	2
Barksdale Field			–					4	–	7	–	0
Fort Pierce			–					4	–	9	–	0
Amarillo AAF			–					3	–	1	–	0
Olathe NAS			–					3	–	2	–	0
Albany Navy			–					3	–	3	–	1
Camp Detrick			–					3	–	4	–	0
Kearney AAF			–					3	–	4	–	0
Bergstrom Field			–					3	–	5	–	1
Keesler Field			–					3	–	6	–	1
Melville PT Boats			–					2	–	1	–	0
Great Bend AAF			–					2	–	4	–	0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight			–					2	–	4	–	1
Gulfport AAF			–					2	–	5	–	0
Pensacola NAS			–					2	–	7	–	1
Squantum NAS			–					1	–	1	–	0
Camp Blanding			–					1	–	2	–	0
Luke Field			–					1	–	2	–	0
Miami NAS			–					1	–	2	–	0
Miami NTC			–					1	–	3	–	0
NSB New London			–					1	–	3	–	0
Oceana NAS			–					1	–	3	–	0
Fort Riley			–					1	–	4	–	0
Lake Charles AAF			–					1	–	4	–	0
Ellington Field			–					1	–	4	–	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 Melville PT Boat football team represented the Melville Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center during the 1945 college football season. The team was led by coach Mike Holovak. ^[1] The team was disbanded following the October 20 game against Army and the base closed shortly thereafter. ^[2] As a result, the November 3 contest against Harvard was canceled. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Worcester Tech	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 32–0		[4]
October 3	at Quincy Manets	Municipal Stadium Quincy, MA	W 14–0	12,000	[5]
October 20	at No. 1 Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 13–55		[6]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Mike Holovak Coach of Melville Eleven". The Boston Globe. August 30, 1945.
2. Moore, Gerry (October 16, 1945). "Melville Kept Football Team Just to Play Army". The Boston Globe.
3. "Harvard-Melville PT Football Tilt Cancelled". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1945.
4. "Melville PT Victor, 32-0". The New York Times. September 16, 1945.
5. "Melville Tops Quincy, 14-0". The Boston Globe. October 4, 1945.
6. Young, Dick (October 21, 1945). "Army Beats PT's, 55-13, After Trailing in 1st, 0-13". Daily News. Retrieved February 4, 2025.