1945_Fleet_City_Bluejackets_football_team

1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football
1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football
Conference	Independent
Record	11–0–1
Head coach	William Reinhart (1st season);
Home stadium	Forster Field, Kezar Stadium
	Seasons ← 1944

1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football team

American college football season

The 1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football team represented the United States Navy distribution center at Camp Shoemaker, near Dublin, California, during the 1945 college football season. Led by first-year head coach, Lt. Cmdr. William Reinhart, the Flying Marines compiled an 11–0–1 record.

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Reinhart's coaching staff included four Navy lieutenants: Jim Barber, who had played professionally with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL); Tex Orr, who had played at Southern Methodist University (SMU); Wally Cruice, who had played at Northwestern University; and Jack Malevich, who was head coach of the 1944 Fleet City team. The Fleet City roster included Buddy Young, Paul Christman, Harry Hopp, Cliff Lewis, Steve Juzwik, Bill Daddio, Edgar Jones, Bruiser Kinard, Charlie O'Rourke, Al Vandeweghe, Doyle Tackett, and Curt Sandig.^[1]

Fleet City was ranked fourth among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings, behind Army, Navy, and Alabama.^[2] In late November, Reinhart reported that the Los Angeles War bond committee had contacted him about matching his Fleet City team against the undefeated Army team on December 26 at Los Angeles Coliseum.^[3]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16		San Joaquin Cowboys	Forster Field Fleet City, CA	W 77–0		^[4]
September 23	2:30 p.m.	Second Air Force	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 7–0	62,000	^[5]^[6]
September 29		El Toro Marines	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 21–7	25,000	^[7]
October 7	2:00 p.m.	Camp Beale	Forster Field Fleet City, CA	W 88–0	10,000	^[8]^[9]
October 14	2:15 p.m.	Hollywood Rangers	Forster Field Fleet City, CA	W 16–0	10,000	^[10]^[11]
October 28		vs. Fort Warren	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 21–9	14,441	^[12]
November 4	2:00 p.m.	vs. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	T 13–13	58,000	^[13]^[14]
November 12	2:00 p.m.	Los Angeles Broncos	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 41–6	20,000	^[15]^[16]^[17]
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Fourth Air Force	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 20–10	50,000	^[18]^[19]
December 2		Pacific Fleet All-Stars	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 23–7	60,000	^[20]
December 9	2:30 p.m.	at El Toro Marines	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 48–25	59,143	^[21]^[22]
December 16	2:00 p.m.	Fort Warren	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 27–0	35,000	^[23]^[24]
All times are in Pacific 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