1945 Bergstrom Field Troop Carriers football team

The 1945 Bergstrom Field Troop Carriers football team represented the United States Army Air Force's Bergstrom Field near Austin, Texas during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach Norton "Red" Saunders, the Troop Carriers compiled a record of 3–5–1.^[1][2]

1945 Bergstrom Field Troop Carriers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Norton "Red" Saunders
Home stadium	House Park, Memorial Stadium
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
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

Bergstrom Field was ranked 113th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14		at Southwestern (TX)	Georgetown, TX	T 6–6		[4]
September 22		at Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 7–13	15,000	[5][6]
September 29		at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 13–14	10,000	[7][8][9]
October 5		Hondo AAF	House Park Austin, TX	W 15–13		[10]
October 13		Corps Christi NAS	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–39		[11][12][13]
October 28		at Personnel Distribution Command	DuPont Manual Stadium Louisville, KY	L 0–26	4,500	[14]
November 3	8:00 p.m.	South Camp Hood	House Park Austin, TX	W 18–13		[15][16]
November 12		at Camp Grant	Rockford, IL	W 12–0		[17][18]
November 23		vs. Camp Cooke 20th Armored Division	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 0–14	8,200	[19]
December 1		at Miami NAS	Miami, FL	cancelled		[20]
All times are in Central time

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