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The 1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football team represented the United States Army post at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia during the 1945 college football season. The Doughboys compiled a record of 5–4–1. Fort Benning began with season with Archie Milano as head coach.[1] Milano was discharged from the Army in October, after the team's first two games, and succeeded by Bill Meek.[2] The team's roster included Gene Corum, Monk Edwards, Hank Goodman, George Hecht, and Clyde Johnson.
1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 5–4–1 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Doughboys Stadium |
The Fort Benning Doughboys were ranked 28th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 30 | 2:30 p.m. | at AAF Training Command | L 0–27 | 10,000 | [4][5][6][7] | |
October 6 | at Great Lakes Navy |
| W 21–12 | 20,000 | [8] | |
October 14 | at Keesler Field |
| W 26–7 | [9] | ||
October 21 | Keesler Field |
| T 0–0 | 16,000 | [10] | |
October 27 | at Fort McClellan |
| W 21–6 | 7,000 | [11] | |
November 4 | Jacksonville NAS |
| L 7–33 | 12,000 | [12] | |
November 11 | at Fort Pierce |
| L 13–14 | [13] | ||
November 18 | Air Transport Command |
| L 7–23 | 12,000 | [14] | |
November 24 | at Jacksonville NAS |
| W 14–17 | 14,000 | [15] | |
December 2 | Fort Pierce |
| W 40–6 | [16] | ||
December 9 | Fort McClellan |
| cancelled | [17] | ||
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