1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football team

The 1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Amarillo Army Air Field (Amarillo AAF) near Amarillo, Texas during the 1945 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dan Salkeld, the Sky Giants compiled a record of 3–1. Due to injuries, army transfers, and discharges, the team disbanded on October 31.[1] The Sky Giants had been slated to play the Hondo Army Air Field Comets on November 2. Amarillo had also scheduled a second game with the Lubbock Army Air Field Fliers for November 10 and a home-and-home with the Keesler Field Fliers on November 18 and 24.[2]

1945 Amarillo Army Air Field Sky Giants football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
  • Dan Salkeld (2nd season)
Home stadiumButler Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 military service football records
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

Amarillo AAF ranked 137th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 68:15 p.m.at Lubbock AAFW 26–02,000[4][5]
October 138:00 p.m.West Texas State
W 21–12[6][7]
October 21at Ellington FieldHouston, TXL 6–19[8]
October 278:00 p.m.Dalhart AAF
  • Butler Field
  • Amarillo, TX
W 36–0[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Sky Giants Football Team Will Disband for Season". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. November 1, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "Amarillo Sky Giants Want Two More Games". El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. September 6, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 19, 1945). "Litkenhouse Rates College, Service Teams of Nation". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 20. Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Sky Giants Play LAAF Tonight". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. October 6, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Amarillo Sky Giants Blast LAAF Fliers". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Lubbock, Texas. October 7, 1945. p. 5. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ Prime, Bill (October 13, 1945). "Giants Favored To Stampede Buffs Tonight". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. p. 2. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Amarillo Army Club Whip West Texas". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. United Press. October 14, 1945. p. 4B. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Ellington Field Whips Amarillo AAF, 19-6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. October 22, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Professional Stars Are Featured in Dalhart Line To Invade AAAF". The Amarillo Globe. Amarillo, Texas. October 26, 1945. p. 12. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Underdog Sky Giants To Face Dalhart Dominators". The Amarillo Globe. Amarillo, Texas. October 27, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Grid Scores". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Lubbock, Texas. October 28, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .