1945 Atlantic City Naval Air Station Corsairs football team

The 1945 Atlantic City Naval Air Station Corsairs football team, also called the "Flying Sailors", represented the United States Navy's Atlantic City Naval Air Station (Atlantic City NAS), located in Pomona, New Jersey, during the 1945 college football season. The Corsairs compiled a record of 4–2–1.

1945 Atlantic City Naval Air Station Corsairs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Home stadiumBader Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
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

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 72:30 p.m.at Bainbridge
L 6–148,000[1][2]
October 14BrooklynT 6–6[3]
October 21at ScrantonScranton, PAL 0–144,236[4]
October 26at Lock HavenLock Haven, PAW 24–6[5]
November 10at CCNYW 42–6[6]
November 17at LafayetteW 12–7[7]
November 24Swarthmore
  • Bader Field
  • Atlantic City, NJ
W 33–6[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Bainbridge Will Open Grid Campaign Today". Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. Associated Press. October 7, 1945. p. 21. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "Bainbridge Wins, 14 To 6". Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. Associated Press. October 8, 1945. p. 15. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "B. C.'s T Fails To Brew in Tie With Flyers". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 15, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Tomcat Gridders Down Atlantic City Sailors, 14-0". The Scranton Times. Scranton, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1945. p. 16. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Atlantic City NAS Jolts Lock Haven". Courier-Post. Camden, New Jersey. October 27, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Corsair's trample on CCNY, 42–6". Daily News. November 11, 1945. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Atlantic City Jars Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 18, 1945. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Lurie, Dora (November 25, 1945). "Swarthmore Drubbed, 33-6, By Atlantic City Air Station". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. S3. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .