1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football team

The 1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football team represented the United States Army's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia during the 1945 college football season. Led by coaches Nelson T. Turner and Phil Davis, the Gunners compiled a record of 0–7.[1]

1945 Fort Monroe Gunners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–7
Head coach
  • Nelson T. Turner & Phil Davis (1st season)
Home stadiumFort Monroe parade ground, Darlington Memorial Park
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

Fort Monroe ranked 288th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 228:00 p.m.at CatawbaSalisbury, NCL 0–342,000[3][4]
September 292:30 p.m.Kinston MarinesL 7–13[5][6]
October 62:30 p.m.Camp Detrick
  • Fort Monroe parade ground
  • Hampton, VA
L 0–7[7][8]
October 14at Camp Peary
L 0–4012,000[9]
October 198:00 p.m.Oak Grove Marines
  • Darlington Memorial Park
  • Hampton, VA
L 0–72,500[10][11]
October 27Aberdeen Proving GroundEdgewood, MDcancelled [12]
November 4Bainbridgecancelled [12]
November 92:00 p.m.at Oceana NASVirginia Beach, VAL 0–19[13][14]
November 16at Camp DetrickFrederick, MDL 0–21[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "Gunners Get In Shape". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 2, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ 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  .
  3. ^ "Catawba After Second Victory Of The Season". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. September 22, 1945. p. 2, section 2. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Catawba's Tribe Tops Monroe, 34-0". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. September 23, 1945. p. 13, section 2. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Gunners Play Kinston Today". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 29, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Marines Down Monroe, 13 To 7". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. September 30, 1945. p. 3B. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Gunners Meet Camp Detrick Today At 2:30". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 6, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Camp Detrick Takes Game From Gunners". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 7, 1945. p. 14. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Peary Handles Gunners Roughly, Winning 40 To 0". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Associated Press. October 15, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Gunners Face Oak Grove At Hampton Field". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 19, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Gunners Lose To Marines 7-0". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 20, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ a b "Gunners Hurt Cancel 2 Tilts". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. October 24, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "Gunners Play Oceana Friday". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. November 7, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Oceana Beats Monroe, 19-0". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. November 10, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Camp Detrick Whips Fort Monroe, 21 to 0". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, Virginia. Associated Press. November 17, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .