1945 Second Air Force Superbombers football team

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1945 Second Air Force Superbombers football
Conference Army Air Forces League
Record3–7 (1–5 AAF League)
Head coach
Home stadium Penrose 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
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 Second Air Force Superbombers football team represented the Second Air Force based in Colorado Springs, Colorado during the 1945 college football season. The Superbombers competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. Led by head coach Ed Walker, the Superbombers compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 1–5 in league play, placing last out of seven teams in the AAF League. [1] [2]

The Second Air Force Superbombers were ranked 33rd among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 149:30 p.m.at Fourth Air Force
L 14–1761,650 [4] [5]
September 232:30 p.m.at Fleet City *
L 0–762,000 [6] [7]
September 30vs. Fort Warren *
W 19–06,000–7,000 [8] [9]
October 7vs. Keesler Field *
W 28–137,000 [10]
October 14 El Toro Marines *
L 9–2010,000 [11]
October 21vs. Personnel Distribution Command
W 13–08,000 [12] [13]
November 4vs. Third Air Force
L 0–3315,000 [14]
November 111:00 p.m.vs. Air Transport Command
L 0–1515,000 [15] [16]
November 18at First Air Force
L 0–154,000 [17] [18]
December 2at Army Air Forces Training Command
L 7–3730,000 [19]

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