1945 Fort Warren Broncos football team

The 1945 Fort Warren Broncos football team, sometimes referred to as the Broncs, Bronchos, or Cowboys, represented the United States Army base at Fort Warren, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the 1945 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Wee Willie Smith, the Broncos compiled a record of 5–7. The team's roster included Roman Bentz, Mitchell Olenski, and Mac Speedie.^[1]

1945 Fort Warren Broncos football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–7
Head coach	Wee Willie Smith (3rd season)
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 military service football records

v t e	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
Hutchinson NAS			–					8	–	0	–	0
Fleet City			–					11	–	0	–	1
Corpus Christi NAS			–					7	–	1	–	0
North Camp Hood			–					7	–	1	–	0
Selman Field			–					7	–	1	–	0
Jacksonville NAS			–					9	–	2	–	0
El Toro Marines			–					8	–	2	–	0
Camp Beale			–					6	–	1	–	2
Little Creek			–					7	–	2	–	0
Amarillo AAF			–					3	–	1	–	0
Farragut NTS			–					6	–	2	–	0
South Camp Hood			–					5	–	2	–	0
Santa Barbara Marines			–					7	–	3	–	1
Fort McClellan			–					4	–	2	–	0
San Diego NTS			–					4	–	2	–	0
Eastern Flying Training Command			–					6	–	3	–	1
Atlantic City NAS			–					4	–	2	–	1
Minter Field			–					4	–	2	–	1
Camp Lee			–					7	–	4	–	0
Camp Peary			–					5	–	3	–	0
Olathe NAS			–					3	–	2	–	0
Great Lakes Navy			–					6	–	4	–	1
Hondo AAF			–					6	–	4	–	1
Bainbridge			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fort Benning			–					5	–	4	–	1
Albany Navy			–					3	–	3	–	1
Williams Field			–					4	–	4	–	0
Stockton AAF			–					4	–	5	–	2
Camp Detrick			–					3	–	4	–	0
Kearney AAF			–					3	–	4	–	0
Fort Warren			–					5	–	7	–	0
Bergstrom Field			–					3	–	5	–	1
Barksdale Field			–					4	–	7	–	0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight			–					2	–	4	–	1
Keesler Field			–					3	–	6	–	1
Camp Blanding			–					1	–	2	–	0
Great Bend AAF			–					2	–	4	–	0
Luke Field			–					1	–	2	–	0
Miami NAS			–					1	–	2	–	0
Fort Pierce			–					4	–	9	–	0
Gulfport AAF			–					2	–	5	–	0
Ellington Field			–					1	–	4	–	1
Miami NTC			–					1	–	3	–	0
Oceana NAS			–					1	–	3	–	0
Fort Riley			–					1	–	4	–	0
Lake Charles AAF			–					1	–	4	–	0
Pensacola NAS			–					2	–	7	–	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 Fort Warren Broncos were ranked 56th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	9:00 p.m.	vs. Fourth Air Force	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	L 0–25	11,000	[3][4][5]
September 22		at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder CO	W 6–0	6,000	[6]
September 30		vs. Second Air Force	DU Stadium Denver, CO	L 0–19	6,000–7,000	[7][8]
October 6		Colorado A&M	Cheyenne, WY	W 60–7		[9]
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0–14	32,465	[10][11][12]
October 20	1:00 p.m.	vs. Hondo AAF	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 28–26		[13][14][15]
October 28		vs. Fleet City	DU Stadium Denver, CO	L 0–21	14,441	[16]
November 4		Farragut NTS	Cheyenne, WY	W 27–0		[17]
November 17		at Great Lakes Navy	Ross Field North Chicago, IL	L 14–47	18,000	[18]
November 25		vs. El Toro Marines	DU Stadium Denver, CO (Bond Bowl)	L 7–40	23,000	[19][20]
December 7		at Hollywood Rangers	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA	W 47–9 or 49–9	1,500	[21][22]
December 16	3:00 p.m.	at Fleet City	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 0–27	35,000	[23][24]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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References

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