1945_Fort_Monroe_Gunners_football_team

1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football
1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–7
Head coach	Nelson T. Turner & Phil Davis (1st season);
Home stadium	Fort Monroe parade ground, Darlington Memorial Park
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football team

American college football season

The 1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football team represented the United States Army's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia during the 1945 college football season. Led by coaches Nelson T. Turner and Phil Davis, the Gunners compiled a record of 0–7.^[1]

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Fort Monroe ranked 288th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

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"Gunners Get In Shape". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 2, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Litkenhous, E. E. (December 19, 1945). "Litkenhouse Rates College, Service Teams of Nation". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 20. Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Catawba After Second Victory Of The Season". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. September 22, 1945. p. 2, section 2. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Catawba's Tribe Tops Monroe, 34-0". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. September 23, 1945. p. 13, section 2. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gunners Play Kinston Today". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 29, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Marines Down Monroe, 13 To 7". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 30, 1945. p. 3B. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gunners Meet Camp Detrick Today At 2:30". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 6, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Camp Detrick Takes Game From Gunners". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 7, 1945. p. 14. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Peary Handles Gunners Roughly, Winning 40 To 0". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Associated Press. October 15, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gunners Face Oak Grove At Hampton Field". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 19, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gunners Lose To Marines 7-0". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 20, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gunners Hurt Cancel 2 Tilts". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 24, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gunners Play Oceana Friday". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. November 7, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Oceana Beats Monroe, 19-0". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. November 10, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Camp Detrick Whips Fort Monroe, 21 to 0". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, Virginia. Associated Press. November 17, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	8:00 p.m.	at Catawba	Salisbury, NC	L 0–34	2,000	^[3]^[4]
September 29	2:30 p.m.	Kinston Marines	Fort Monroe parade ground Hampton, VA	L 7–13		^[5]^[6]
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Camp Detrick	Fort Monroe parade ground Hampton, VA	L 0–7		^[7]^[8]
October 14		at Camp Peary	Peary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 0–40	12,000	^[9]
October 19	8:00 p.m.	Oak Grove Marines	Darlington Memorial Park Hampton, VA	L 0–7	2,500	^[10]^[11]
October 27		Aberdeen Proving Ground	Edgewood, MD	cancelled		^[12]
November 4		Bainbridge		cancelled		^[12]
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Oceana NAS	Virginia Beach, VA	L 0–19		^[13]^[14]
November 16		at Camp Detrick	Frederick, MD	L 0–21		^[15]
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