1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football team

1945 Fleet City Bluejackets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForster Field, Kezar 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 Fleet City Bluejackets football team represented the United States Navy distribution center at Camp Shoemaker, near Dublin, California, during the 1945 college football season. Led by first-year head coach, Lt. Cmdr. William Reinhart, the Flying Marines compiled an 11–0–1 record.

Reinhart's coaching staff included four Navy lieutenants: Jim Barber, who had played professionally with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL); Tex Orr, who had played at Southern Methodist University (SMU); Wally Cruice, who had played at Northwestern University; and Jack Malevich, who was head coach of the 1944 Fleet City team. The Fleet City roster included Buddy Young, Paul Christman, Harry Hopp, Cliff Lewis, Steve Juzwik, Bill Daddio, Edgar Jones, Bruiser Kinard, Charlie O'Rourke, Al Vandeweghe, Doyle Tackett, and Curt Sandig.

Fleet City was ranked fourth among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings, behind Army, Navy, and Alabama. In late November, Reinhart reported that the Los Angeles War bond committee had contacted him about matching his Fleet City team against the undefeated Army team on December 26 at Los Angeles Coliseum.

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