1945_Santa_Barbara_Marines_football_team

1945 Santa Barbara Marines football
1945 Santa Barbara Marines football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3–1
Head coach	Dick Evans (1st season);
Home stadium	La Playa Stadium
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Santa Barbara Marines football team

American college football season

The 1945 Santa Barbara Marines football team, also known as the Goleta Marines, represented the United States Marine Corps's Air Station Santa Barbara in Goleta, California during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach Dick Evans, the Marines compiled a record of 7–3–1. The team played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.^[1]

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The Santa Barbara Marines ranked 143rd among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	8:00 p.m.	Stockton AAF	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 26–0	4,000	^[3]^[4]^[5]
September 14	8:00 p.m.	at Pacific (CA)	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	T 7–7		^[6]^[7]
September 22	8:00 p.m.	Minter Field	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 25–0	6,000	^[8]^[9]
September 29		San Joaquin Cowboys	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 32–0	5,000	^[10]^[11]
October 6	8:15 p.m.	Albany Navy	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 20–12	4,000	^[12]^[13]
October 14		Nevada	Mackay Field Reno, NV	L 12–19		^[14]
October 20		Fresno State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 6–0		^[15]
October 27	8:15 p.m.	Cal Poly	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 42–0		^[16]^[17]
November 2		Compton	Compton, CA	W 40–7		^[18]^[19]
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Hondo AAF	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 7–13		^[20]^[21]^[22]
November 18		at San Diego NTS	San Diego, CA	L 7–34		^[23]
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