1945 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team

1945 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
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

The 1945 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight school at Saint Mary's College of California during the 1944 college football season. In its fourth season, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record. The team's head coach was Bernie Masterson, who was hired as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska after the season.[1]

The team's roster included Frankie Albert, Bob deLauer, Mike DiBiase, Len Eshmont, Dale Gentry, Parker Hall, John Kuzman, Ray Mallouf, Ray Riddick, Bob Titchenal, Hilman Walker, John Woudenberg, and Frank Yokas.[2]

The Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils were ranked 26th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

  1. ^ "Bernie Masterson to Coach Nebraska Squad". The Scranton Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. International News Service. November 19, 1945. p. 17. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Albert, Preflighters out to stop mighty Fleet City eleven tomorrow". Palo Alto Times. Palo Alto, California. November 3, 1945. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 icon.