1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football team information
American college football season
1945Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football
Conference
Independent
Record
3–1
Head coach
Dan Salkeld (2nd season)
Home stadium
Butler Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 military service football records
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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
The 1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Amarillo Army Air Field (Amarillo AAF) near Amarillo, Texas during the 1945 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dan Salkeld, the Sky Giants compiled a record of 3–1. Due to injuries, army transfers, and discharges, the team disbanded on October 31.[1] The Sky Giants had been slated to play the Hondo Army Air Field Comets on November 2. Amarillo had also scheduled a second game with the Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers for November 10 and a home-and-home with the Keesler Field Fliers on November 18 and 24.[2]
Amarillo AAF ranked 137th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]
^"Sky Giants Football Team Will Disband for Season". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. November 1, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^"Amarillo Sky Giants Want Two More Games". El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. September 6, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^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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