1945 Eastern Flying Training Command Eagles football team

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1945
Eastern Flying Training Command Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1944
1945 military service football records
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
Fleet City     11 0 1
Jacksonville NAS     9 2 0
Hutchinson NAS     8 0 0
Selman Field     8 1 0
El Toro Marines     8 2 0
Corpus Christi NAS     7 1 0
North Camp Hood     7 1 0
Little Creek     7 2 0
Santa Barbara Marines     7 3 1
Camp Lee     7 4 0
Camp Beale     6 1 2
Farragut NTS     6 2 0
Eastern Flying Training Command     6 3 1
Great Lakes Navy     6 4 1
Hondo AAF     6 4 1
South Camp Hood     5 2 0
Camp Peary     5 3 0
Bainbridge     5 4 0
Fort Benning     5 4 1
Fort Warren     5 7 0
Fort McClellan     4 2 0
San Diego NTS     4 2 0
Atlantic City NAS     4 2 1
Minter Field     4 2 1
Williams Field     4 4 0
Stockton AAF     4 5 2
Barksdale Field     4 7 0
Fort Pierce     4 9 0
Amarillo AAF     3 1 0
Olathe NAS     3 2 0
Albany Navy     3 3 1
Camp Detrick     3 4 0
Kearney AAF     3 4 0
Bergstrom Field     3 5 1
Keesler Field     3 6 1
Melville PT Boats     2 1 0
Great Bend AAF     2 4 0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight     2 4 1
Gulfport AAF     2 5 0
Pensacola NAS     2 7 1
Squantum NAS     1 1 0
Camp Blanding     1 2 0
Luke Field     1 2 0
Miami NAS     1 2 0
Miami NTC     1 3 0
NSB New London     1 3 0
Oceana NAS     1 3 0
Fort Riley     1 4 0
Lake Charles AAF     1 4 0
Ellington Field     1 4 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 Eastern Flying Training Command Eagles team represented the

Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach Paul Geisler
, the Eagles compiled a record of 6–3–1.

Eastern Flying Training Command was ranked 60th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 158:00 p.m.at Barksdale Field
W 13–010,000[2][3]
September 232:30 p.m.Gulfport AAFW 40–06,000[4][5]
September 288:00 p.m.vs. Auburn
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 7–012,000[6][7][8][9]
October 5at Army JVWest Point, NYW 7–6[10]
October 13Homestead AABMontgomery, ALcancelled [11]
October 20at No. 20 Mississippi StateL 6–165,000[12][13]
November 4Pensacola NAS
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 19–64,000[14]
November 11Barksdale Field
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 29–05,000[15]
November 18at Keesler Field
L 14–712,000[16]
November 252:30 p.m.at AAF Training CommandL 7–457,000[17][18][19]
December 8at Pensacola NAS
T 7–78,000[20]

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