1945_Fourth_Air_Force_Flyers_football_team

1945 Fourth Air Force Flyers football
1945 Fourth Air Force Flyers football
Legion Bowl, W 27–0 vs. Army Air Forces Training Command
Conference	Army Air Forces League
Record	6–3–1 (3–2–1 AAF League)
Head coach	Johnny Baker (1st season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Fourth Air Force Flyers football team

American college football season

The 1945 Fourth Air Force Flyers football team represented the Fourth Air Force based at March Field, in Southern California, during the 1945 college football season. The Flyers competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. Led by head coach Johnny Baker, the team compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 in league play, placing third in the AAF League.^[1] The Flyers ended the regular season with a win over the Third Air Force Gremlins, who earned a shared of the League title. The Flyers were recognized as the "most interesting" team in the league and selected to face the Army Air Forces Training Command Skymasters, the other co-champion of the league, in a postseason benefit game, the Legion Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee.^[2] The Skymasters had beaten the Flyers earlier in the season in Fort Worth, Texas, but the Flyers avenged the loss with a 27–0 victory in Memphis on December 16.

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The Fourth Air Force Flyers were ranked 15th 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 8	8:00 p.m.	vs. Fort Warren*	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	W 25–0	11,000	^[4]^[5]^[6]
September 14	8:30 p.m.	Second Air Force	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 17–14	61,650	^[7]^[8]
September 30		vs. Air Transport Command	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 21–14	5,000	^[9]
October 14	2:30 p.m.	at Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 20–7	22,000	^[10]^[11]
October 22	12:30 p.m.	at AAF Training Command	Farrington Field Fort Worth, TX	L 7–19	13,000	^[12]^[13]
October 28	11:00 a.m.	vs. First Air Force	Baltimore Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 6–6	7,000	^[14]^[15]
November 11		Personnel Distribution Command	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–9	15,000	^[16]
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at Fleet City*	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 10–20	50,000	^[17]^[18]
December 2	2:00 p.m.	Third Air Force	Los Angeles Memorial Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 10–7	10,000–12,000	^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
December 16	11:00 a.m.	vs. AAF Training Command*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (Legion Bowl)	W 27–0	6,000	^[23]^[24]^[25]
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time

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1945 Fourth Air Force Flyers 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