1945 Squantum NAS football team

1945 Naval Air Station Squantum football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–1
Head coach	Sterling Painter (1st season)

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

The 1945 Squantum NAS football team represented the Naval Air Station Squantum during the 1945 college football season. The team was led by player-coach Sterling Painter, who had played at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and quarterbacked by former Notre Dame QB Don Elser.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Boston College	Alumni Field Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–13		[2]
October 27	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 21–3	500	[3]

References

1. "B.C. Set for Squantum Airborne Navy Team". The Heights. September 28, 1945. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
2. Francis, Henry (September 30, 1945). "Ex-Marines Give B. C. 13-0 Win". The Boston Globe.
3. Levenson, Nate (October 28, 1945). "Terriers Bow to Squantum Airmen, 21-3". The Boston Globe.