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1945 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team

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The 1945 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented the Great Lakes Navy Training Station (Great Lakes NTS) during the 1945 college football season The team compiled a 6–4–1 record, and outscored their opponents 221 to 164. Coached by the legendary Paul Brown, the Bluejackets started the season with a 0–4–1, suffering from a loss of talent as many players were shifted to the west coast to help close the pacific theater of World War II, but once the war ended many men from overseas returned to the boot camp, and the team won their final six games, culminating in a 39–7 defeat of top 5 Notre Dame at home.[1]

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Record6–4–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumRoss Field
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1945 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football
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Record6–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRoss Field
Seasons
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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 Force3–2–16–3–1
First Air Force2–2–23–2–3
Air Transport Command2–3–16–3–2
Personnel Distribution Command2–4–06–5–0
Second Air Force1–5–03–7–0
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
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The Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets were ranked 20th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8College All–Stars
L 0–35
September 15Michigan
L 2–2726,076
September 22Wisconsin
  • Ross Field
  • North Chicago, IL
T 0–0
September 29Purdue
  • Ross Field
  • North Chicago, IL
L 6–2022,000
October 6Fort Benning
  • Ross Field
  • North Chicago, IL
L 12–2120,000[3]
October 20Marquette
W 37–27
October 27Western Michigan
W 39–010,000[4]
November 3Illinois
W 12–614,569
November 10Michigan State
W 27–7
November 17Fort Warren
  • Ross Field
  • North Chicago, IL
W 47–1418,000[5]
December 1No. 5 Notre Dame
  • Ross Field
  • North Chicago, IL
W 39–723,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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