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1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football team

1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
  • Dan Salkeld (2nd season)
Home stadiumButler Field
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
Fleet City     11 0 1
Jacksonville NAS     9 2 0
Hutchinson NAS     8 0 0
El Toro Marines     8 2 0
Corpus Christi NAS     7 1 0
North Camp Hood     7 1 0
Selman Field     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 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Amarillo Army Air Field (Amarillo AAF) near Amarillo, Texas during the 1945 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dan Salkeld, the Sky Giants compiled a record of 3–1. Due to injuries, army transfers, and discharges, the team disbanded on October 31.[1] The Sky Giants had been slated to play the Hondo Army Air Field Comets on November 2. Amarillo had also scheduled a second game with the Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers for November 10 and a home-and-home with the Keesler Field Fliers on November 18 and 24.[2]

Amarillo AAF ranked 137th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 68:15 p.m.at Lubbock AAFW 26–02,000[4][5]
October 138:00 p.m.West Texas State
W 21–12[6][7]
October 21at Ellington FieldHouston, TXL 6–19[8]
October 278:00 p.m.Dalhart AAF
  • Butler Field
  • Amarillo, TX
W 36–0[9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Sky Giants Football Team Will Disband for Season". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. November 1, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Amarillo Sky Giants Want Two More Games". El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. September 6, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 8, 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.
  4. ^ "Sky Giants Play LAAF Tonight". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. October 6, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Amarillo Sky Giants Blast LAAF Fliers". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Lubbock, Texas. October 7, 1945. p. 5. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Prime, Bill (October 13, 1945). "Giants Favored To Stampede Buffs Tonight". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. p. 2. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Amarillo Army Club Whip West Texas". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. United Press. October 14, 1945. p. 4B. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Ellington Field Whips Amarillo AAF, 19-6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. October 22, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Professional Stars Are Featured in Dalhart Line To Invade AAAF". The Amarillo Globe. Amarillo, Texas. October 26, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Underdog Sky Giants To Face Dalhart Dominators". The Amarillo Globe. Amarillo, Texas. October 27, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Grid Scores". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Lubbock, Texas. October 28, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.