1945 Camp Blanding Gunners football team

The 1945 Camp Blanding Gunners football team represented the United States Army's 63rd Regiment of the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Blanding in Clay County, Florida during the 1945 college football season. Led by head coach Bill Tucker, the Doughboys compiled a record of 1–2.[1]

1945 Camp Blanding Gunners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
Head coach
  • Bill Tucker
1945 military service football records
ConfOverall
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 Force 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
First Air Force 2 –2 –23 –2 –3
Air Transport Command 2 –3 –16 –3 –2
Personnel Distribution Command 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Second Air Force 1 –5 –03 –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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 228:00 p.m.at Florida
L 31–27,000[2][3][4]
September 29Homestead AABCamp Blanding, FLW 26–07,500[5]
October 63:00 p.m.at South Carolina
L 6–207,000[6][7]

References
  1. "Blanding Team Book Three Florida Games". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. Associated Press. September 27, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. "Gators Ranked Favorite Over Soldier Eleven". Tampa Morning Tribune. Tampa, Florida. September 22, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Florida Runs Over Soldier Eleven, 31-2". Tampa Sunday Tribune. Tampa, Florida. September 23, 1945. p. B1. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Florida Scores Over Camp Blanding In Opener 31 to 2 (continued)". Tampa Sunday Tribune. Tampa, Florida. September 23, 1945. p. B2. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "163rd[sic] Infantry Wins". The Palm Beach Post-Times. West Palm Beach, Florida. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Carolina Plays Camp Blanding Gunners This Afternoon". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. October 7, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. Sanders, Charlie (October 7, 1945). "Carolina Defeats Camp Blanding Gunners By 20-6 Score". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. p. 2B. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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