1945_Camp_Lee_Travellers_football_team

1945 Camp Lee Travellers football
1945 Camp Lee Travellers football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Edward Mylin (1st season);
Home stadium	Nowak Field
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Camp Lee Travellers football team

American college football season

The 1945 Camp Lee Travellers football team represented the United States Army post at Camp Lee, located in Prince George County, Virginia, during the 1945 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Edward Mylin, the Travellers compiled a record of 7–4. The team's roster included Levi Jackson and John Mellus. The 11 games played by Camp Lee drew a total of 123,000 fans.^[1]

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Camp Lee was ranked 77th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

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"123,000 Fans Saw Camp Lee In 11 Games". The Richmond News Leader. Richmond, Virginia. December 14, 1945. p. 25. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Tar Heels Make Debut Under Snavely By Teeing Off Against Camp Lee Club". The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 22, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Fort Bragg, Lee Will Play Today". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. Associated Press. November 3, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Leemen Win By 27 to 18 Over Bragg". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. Associated Press. November 4, 1945. p. B9. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	2:00 p.m.	North Carolina	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	L 0–6	10,000–12,000	^[3]^[4]^[5]
September 30		vs. New York Giants	Newark, NJ	L 0–21	22,000	^[6]
October 6		Camp Peary	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	W 13–10	6,000–10,000	^[7]
October 13		Camp Detrick	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	W 33–6	8,000–9,500	^[8]^[9]
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at Bainbridge	Tome Stadium Bainbridge, MD	L 0–27	9,000–10,000	^[10]^[11]
October 27		at Little Creek	Roberts Field Little Creek, VA	L 7–21	8,000–10,000	^[12]
November 3		First Army	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	W 27–18	8,500–10,000	^[13]^[14]
November 11		Cherry Point Marines	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	W 27–7	9,500–10,000	^[15]
November 17	2:00 p.m.	Bainbridge	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	W 26–0	11,000–12,000	^[16]^[17]
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at Camp Peary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 7–6	10,000	^[18]^[19]
December 2		Little Creek	Nowak Field Camp Lee, VA	W 12–6	13,000–14,000	^[20]^[21]
All times are in Eastern time

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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