1945 First Air Force Aces football team

1945 First Air Force Aces football
ConferenceArmy Air Forces League
Record3–2–3 (2–2–2 AAF League)
Head coach
  • Jesse Yarborough
Home stadiumEbbets Field, Freeport Municipal Stadium
1945 military service football records
Conf.Overall
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
Fleet City   –  11 –0 –1
Jacksonville NAS   –  9 –2 –0
Hutchinson NAS   –  8 –0 –0
Selman Field   –  8 –1 –0
El Toro Marines   –  8 –2 –0
Corpus Christi NAS   –  7 –1 –0
North Camp Hood   –  7 –1 –0
Little Creek   –  7 –2 –0
Santa Barbara Marines   –  7 –3 –1
Camp Lee   –  7 –4 –0
Camp Beale   –  6 –1 –2
Farragut NTS   –  6 –2 –0
Eastern Flying Training Command   –  6 –3 –1
Great Lakes Navy   –  6 –4 –1
Hondo AAF   –  6 –4 –1
South Camp Hood   –  5 –2 –0
Camp Peary   –  5 –3 –0
Bainbridge   –  5 –4 –0
Fort Benning   –  5 –4 –1
Fort Warren   –  5 –7 –0
Fort McClellan   –  4 –2 –0
San Diego NTS   –  4 –2 –0
Atlantic City NAS   –  4 –2 –1
Minter Field   –  4 –2 –1
Williams Field   –  4 –4 –0
Stockton AAF   –  4 –5 –2
Barksdale Field   –  4 –7 –0
Fort Pierce   –  4 –9 –0
Amarillo AAF   –  3 –1 –0
Olathe NAS   –  3 –2 –0
Albany Navy   –  3 –3 –1
Camp Detrick   –  3 –4 –0
Kearney AAF   –  3 –4 –0
Bergstrom Field   –  3 –5 –1
Keesler Field   –  3 –6 –1
Melville PT Boats   –  2 –1 –0
Great Bend AAF   –  2 –4 –0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –  2 –4 –1
Gulfport AAF   –  2 –5 –0
Pensacola NAS   –  2 –7 –1
Squantum NAS   –  1 –1 –0
Camp Blanding   –  1 –2 –0
Luke Field   –  1 –2 –0
Miami NAS   –  1 –2 –0
Miami NTC   –  1 –3 –0
NSB New London   –  1 –3 –0
Oceana NAS   –  1 –3 –0
Fort Riley   –  1 –4 –0
Lake Charles AAF   –  1 –4 –0
Ellington Field   –  1 –4 –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 First Air Force Aces football team represented the First Air Force based at Mitchel Field during the 1945 college football season. The Aces competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. Led by head coach Jesse Yarborough, the Aces compiled an overall record of 3–2–3 with a mark of 2–2–2 in league play, placing fourth in the AAF League. Major Yarborough's coaching staff consisted of Lieutenant Clyde Crabtree as backfield coach, Staff Sergeant George Platukis as line coach, and Lieutenant Art White as ends coach. White and Platukis were also players for the team. The team's roster included Frank Damiani and Bill Paschal, who had both played for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

The First Air Force Aces were ranked 14th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.

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