1945_Gulfport_Army_Air_Field_Bombers_football_team

1945 Gulfport Army Air Field Bombers football
1945 Gulfport Army Air Field Bombers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	John Walsh;
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Gulfport Army Air Field Bombers football team

American college football season

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]

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Gulfport AAF ranked 119th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[3]

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"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 .

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"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 .

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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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"EFTC Eagles Meet Gulfport Eleven In Bowl At 2:30". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. September 23, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Eagles Crush Gulfport, 40-0". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. September 24, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Green Wave Best Gulfport Bombers In Grid Scrimmage". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. October 1, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Pensacola Navy wins". The Nashville Tennessean. October 7, 1945. Retrieved August 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Gulfport Field Defeats Selman Field". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. Associated Press. October 15, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Gulfport Bombers Turn In 32-0 Win". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. Associated Press. October 22, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Selman Comeback Too Much, Bomber Tumble In Defeat". The Daily Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. October 28, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Keesler scores early and late, defeat Bombers". The Daily Herald. November 5, 1945. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Goslings trim Army eleven in second contest". Pensacola Journal. November 12, 1945. Retrieved August 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	2:30 p.m.	at Eastern Flying Training Command	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 0–40	6,000	^[4]^[5]
September 29		Tulane	Gulfport, MS	L 0–14 (scrimmage)	4,000	^[6]
October 6		at Pensacola NAS	Air Station Field Pensacola, FL	L 7–20		^[7]
October 13		at Selman Field	Monroe, LA	W 13–7		^[8]
October 21		Homestead AAB	Gulfport, MS	W 32–0	4,000	^[9]
October 27		Selman Field	Gulfport, MS	L 25–47	4,000	^[10]
November 4		Keesler Field	Flier Field Biloxi, MS	L 0–14	8,000	^[11]
November 11		Pensacola NAS	Gulfport, MS	L 7–26	3,500	^[12]
All times are in Central 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