1945_Ellington_Field_Fliers_football_team

1945 Ellington Field Fliers football
1945 Ellington Field Fliers football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–4–1
Head coach	Louis A. "Bullet" Gray (1st season);
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Ellington Field Fliers football team

American college football season

The 1945 Ellington Field Fliers football team represented the United States Army Air Force's Ellington Field, located in Houston, during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach Louis A. "Bullet" Gray, the Fliers compiled a record of 1–4–1. On October 31, Gray announced that team would not play any more games as more of the players were being discharged from military service.^[1]

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Ellington Field ranked 133rd among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

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"Ellington Field Drops Football; Men Discharged". Corpus Christi Caller. Corpus Christi, Texas. United Press. November 1, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 1, 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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"Hondo and Ellington Battle To 7-7 Tie". The Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, Texas. Associated Press. September 16, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Aggies Play Ellington Team". The Austin American. Austin, Texas. Associated Press. September 22, 1945. p. 7. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Preston Smith's 25 Points Pace Aggies' 54-0 Victory". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. September 23, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Selman Ball Carrier Runs 100 Yds. for Score". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 18. Retrieved March 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Top Service Teams May Shared Honors". The Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. United Press. October 15, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Camp Hood Elevens Will Battle Friday". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. October 18, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Ellington Field Whips Amarillo AAF, 19-6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. October 22, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Hondo Field Shades Ellington, 7 To 6". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. Associated Press. October 29, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"State Service Teams Closing Schedules With This Week". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. November 28, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		at Hondo AAF	Hondo, TX	T 7–7	2,500	^[3]
September 22	2:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 0–54		^[4]^[5]
September 29		at Selman Field	Monroe, LA	L 0–13		^[6]
October 13		North Camp Hood		L 0–6		^[7]^[8]
October 21		Amarillo AAF	Houston, TX	W 19–6		^[9]
October 28		Hondo AAF	Houston, TX	L 6–7	1,600	^[10]
All times are in Central time

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

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