1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football team

The 1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football team represented the United States Army post at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia during the 1945 college football season. The Doughboys compiled a record of 5–4–1. Fort Benning began with season with Archie Milano as head coach.[1] Milano was discharged from the Army in October, after the team's first two games, and succeeded by Bill Meek.[2] The team's roster included Gene Corum, Monk Edwards, Hank Goodman, George Hecht, and Clyde Johnson.

1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumDoughboys Stadium
1945 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army Air Forces League
Third Air Force + 4 –1 –17 –2 –1
AAF Training Command + 4 –1 –18 –3 –1
Fourth Air Force 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
First Air Force 2 –2 –23 –2 –3
Air Transport Command 2 –3 –16 –3 –2
Personnel Distribution Command 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Second Air Force 1 –5 –03 –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 Fort Benning Doughboys were ranked 28th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 302:30 p.m.at AAF Training Command
L 0–2710,000[4][5][6][7]
October 6at Great Lakes Navy
W 21–1220,000[8]
October 14at Keesler Field
W 26–7[9]
October 21Keesler Field
T 0–016,000[10]
October 27at Fort McClellan
W 21–67,000[11]
November 4Jacksonville NAS
  • Doughboy Stadium
  • Fort Benning, GA
L 7–3312,000[12]
November 11at Fort Pierce
L 13–14[13]
November 18Air Transport Command
L 7–2312,000[14]
November 24at Jacksonville NAS
W 14–1714,000[15]
December 2Fort Pierce
  • Doughboy Stadium
  • Fort Benning, GA
W 40–6[16]
December 9Fort McClellan
  • Doughboy Stadium
  • Fort Benning, GA
cancelled [17]

[18]

References
  1. "Benning Drills May Be Secret—Skymasters' Sunday Foe To Fly Here Thursday". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. September 26, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. "Meek To Coach Fort Benning". Tampa Morning Tribune. Tampa, Florida. Associated Press. October 13, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. 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 open access.
  4. McMullen, Lorin (September 30, 1945). "It's Skymasters' Passes Against Doughboy Power". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 11. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. McMullen, Lorin (October 1, 1945). "Skymen Overpower Fort Benning, 27-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 9. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. McMullen, Lorin (October 1, 1945). "Skymen Down Benning, 27-0 (continued)". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 10. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Skymasters Trump Fort Benning, 27-0". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. October 1, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Great Lakes Beaten, 21-12, by Ft. Benning". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 7, 1945. p. 4, part 2. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Fort Benning gridders whip Keesler Field". The Daily Advertiser. October 15, 1945. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lt. Poschner honored at Ft. Benning". The Atlanta Constitution. October 22, 1945. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "McClellan Boys, 21-6 To Doughboy Assault". The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. October 28, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. Neu, Carl (November 5, 1945). "Alert Jacksonville Fliers Romp, 33-7, Over Doughboys Before 12,000 Fans". The Columnbus Ledger. Columbus, Georgia. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "Fort Pierce Conquers Benning". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. November 12, 1945. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. "ATC Rolls Over Benning Eleven By 23-7 Margin". Tampa Morning Tribune. Tampa, Florida. Associated Press. November 19, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. "Jax Navy Upset By Benning In 14 To 7 Contest". The Pensacola News-Journal. Pensacola, Florida. Associated Press. November 25, 1945. p. 18. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  16. "Benning Wallops Ft. Pierce, 40-6". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. Associated Press. December 3, 1945. p. 2B. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  17. "Benning Cancels McClellan Game". The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. December 7, 1945. p. 25. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  18. "Fort Benning Fills Nine-Game Schedule". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. Associated Press. September 21, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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