1945 Personnel Distribution Command Comets football team explained

Year:1945
Team:Personnel Distribution Command Comets
Sport:football
Conference:Army Air Forces League
Short Conf:AAF League
Record:6–5
Conf Record:2–4
Head Coach:Ted Shipkey
Hc Year:1st
Hc Games:first 3 games
Head Coach2:Wally Marks
Hc Games2:1st season, final 8 games
Stadium:DuPont Manual Stadium, Greensboro Memorial Stadium

The 1945 Personnel Distribution Command Comets football team represented the Personnel Distribution Command (PDC) based in Greensboro, North Carolina and Louisville, Kentucky during the 1945 college football season. The Comets competed in the Army Air Forces League (AAF League) with six others teams from the United States Army Air Forces. The team compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 2–4 in league play, placing sixth in the AAF League.[1]

The Comets began the season with Captain Ted Shipkey as head coach. In October, after the team's first three games, Shipkey was discharged from military service and returned to the University of New Mexico, where he had been head football coach before World War II. He was succeeded by Major Wally Marks who had coached at Indiana State University before the war. Staff Sergeant Jim Harris was the team's line coach until he was discharged along with Shipkey.[2]

The PDC Comets were ranked 27th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule

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Notes and References

  1. News: Goodale . George . Who's Kicking Who—Gremlins or Flyers . . . December 5, 1945 . 15 . March 27, 2023 . .
  2. News: . Louisville AAF Coaches Shifted . . . October 5, 1945 . 19 . March 27, 2023 . .
  3. News: Litkenhous . E. E. . Edward E. Litkenhous . Litkenhouse Rates College, Service Teams of Nation . . . December 19, 1945 . 20 . March 25, 2023 . .
  4. News: . Final Log For Nation's Top Football Teams . . . December 2, 1945 . 14, part I . March 26, 2023 . .