1945 Minter Field Atomic Bombers football team

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1945
Minter Field Atomic Bombers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
CaptainGuy Case
Home stadiumGriffith Stadium
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
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 Minter Field Atomic Bombers football team, as known as the "Fliers" represented the

Minter Field in Kern County, California during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach Ted Wright, the Atomic Bombers compiled a record of 4–2–1.[1] The team's captain was fullback Guy Case.[2]

Minter Field ranked 155th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 228:00 p.m.at Santa Barbara MarinesL 0–256,000[4][5]
September 298:00 p.m.at Fresno StateT 0–06,782–9,000[6][7][8]
October 68:00 p.m.UCLA Ramblers (JV)
W 40–0[9][10]
October 138:00 p.m.at Stockton AAF
W 12–0[11][12]
October 20
Camp Cooke
Shafter, CAW 20–6[13]
October 266:00 p.m.at UCLA Ramblers (JV)L 6–13[14][15]
November 4at Cal PolyW 19–0[16]

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