1945 Third Air Force Gremlins football team

1945 Third Air Force Gremlins football
AAF League co-champion
ConferenceArmy Air Forces League
Record7–2–1 (4–1–1 AAF League)
Head coach
CaptainChet Lipka
Home stadiumPhillips Field
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 Third Air Force Gremlins football team represented the Third Air Force based in Tampa, Florida during the 1945 college football season. The Gremlins competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. Led by second-year head coach J. Quinn Decker, the Gremlins compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in league play, sharing the AAF League title with Army Air Forces Training Command Skymasters.

The Third Air Force Gremlins ranked 11th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.