1945 Gulfport Army Air Field Bombers football team information
American college football season
1945Gulfport Army Air Field Bombers football
Conference
Independent
Record
2–5
Head coach
John Walsh
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 Gulfport Army Air Field Bombers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Gulfport Army Air Field (Gulport AAF), also called Gulfport Army Air Base (Gulfport AAB), in Mississippi during the 1945 college football season. The Bombers compiled a record of 2–5. Captain John Walsh was the team's head coach.[1][2]
Gulfport AAF ranked 119th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]
^"Bombers To Face Tough Assignment In Season Opener". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. September 13, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^"Grid Hopes Higher For Bombers with More Player Talent". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. September 22, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 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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