1945_Albany_Navy_Beach_Busters_football_team

1945 Albany Navy Beach Busters football
1945 Albany Navy Beach Busters football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–1
Head coach	George Moriarty (1st season);
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Albany Navy Beach Busters football team

American college football season

The 1945 Albany Navy Beach Busters, also called the "Beachbusters", represented the United States Navy's Naval Landing Force Equipment Depot in Albany, California during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach George Moriarty, the Beach Busters compiled a record of 3–3–1. Lieutenant Moriarty had played college football at the University of Notre Dame. Lieutenant Norman Taylor, who had played for the University of Washington, the Olympic Club, and the Los Angeles Bulldogs, was the team's line coach.^[1]^[2]

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Albany Navy, listed as "Navy Landing Net Dep.", ranked 111th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[3]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	12:00 p.m.	at California Ramblers (JV)	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 6–0		^[4]^[5]
October 6	8:15 p.m.	at Santa Barbara Marines	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 12–20	4,000	^[6]^[7]
October 13		Camp Cooke	Albany, CA	L 13–14		^[8]
October 19		at Stockton AAF	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	T 20–20		^[9]^[10]
November 3	8:00 p.m.	at Camp Beale	Knight Field Marysville, CA	L 7–24		^[11]^[12]
November 10	8:00 p.m.	at Modesto Junior College	Modesto Junior College Stadium Modesto, CA	W 14–6	3,000	^[13]^[14]
November 17		at Pacific (CA)	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 18–13		^[15]^[16]
All times are in Pacific time

1945_Albany_Navy_Beach_Busters_football_team

1945 Albany Navy Beach Busters football team

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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
Hutchinson NAS			–			8	–	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