1945 Third Air Force Gremlins football team

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1945 Third Air Force Gremlins football
AAF League co-champion
Conference Army Air Forces League
Record7–2–1 (4–1–1 AAF League)
Head coach
CaptainChet Lipka
Home stadium Phillips 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
Little Creek  – 7 –2 –0
San Diego NTS  – 4 –2 –0
Atlantic City NAS  – 4 –2 –1
Camp Lee  – 7 –4 –0
Camp Peary  – 5 –3 –0
Eastern Flying Training Command  – 5 –3 –1
Great Lakes Navy  – 6 –4 –1
Bainbridge  – 5 –4 –0
Fort Benning  – 5 –4 –1
Fort Warren  – 5 –7 –0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight  – 2 –4 –1
Keesler Field  – 3 –6 –1
Fort Pierce  – 4 –9 –0
Gulfport AAF  – 2 –5 –0
Pensacola NAS  – 2 –7 –1
Cherry Point Marines  – 1 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1945 Third Air Force Gremlins football team represented the Third Air Force based in Tampa, Florida during the 1945 college football season. The Gremlins competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. Led by second-year head coach J. Quinn Decker, the Gremlins compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in league play, sharing the AAF League title with Army Air Forces Training Command Skymasters. [1]

The Third Air Force Gremlins were ranked 11th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 232:30 p.m. Personnel Distribution Command
W 27–912,000 [3] [4]
September 302:30 p.m.Miami NTS*
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 39–09,000 [5] [6] [7]
October 72:30 p.m.vs. First Air Force
W 19–0 [8]
October 14at Cherry Point Marines * Cherry Point, NC W 20–08,000 [9] [10]
October 21 Fort Pierce *
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 12–269,000 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
November 4vs. Second Air Force
W 33–015,000 [16]
November 11 Keesler Field *
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 42–06,500 [17]
November 182:30 p.m. AAF Training Command
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
T 7–710,000 [18] [19] [20]
November 243:00 p.m.at Air Transport Command
W 15–62,800–4,000 [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
December 25:00 p.m.at Fourth Air Force
L 7–1010,000–12,000 [26] [27] [28] [29]

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