The 1945 Fort Benning Doughboys football team represented the United States Army post at

Fort Benning Fort Benning is a United States Army post near Columbus, Georgia, adjacent to the Alabama–Georgia border. Fort Benning supports more than 120,000 active-duty military, family members, reserve component soldiers, retirees and civilian employees ...

near Columbus, Georgia during the

1945 college football season The 1945 college football season was the 77th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six C ...

. The Doughboys compiled a record of 5–4–1. Fort Benning began with season with

Archie Milano Archie J. Milano (May 26, 1918 – August 12, 1991) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for one game in 1945 with the Detroit Lions. He attended Saint Francis University in L ...

as head coach. Milano was discharged from the Army in October, after the team's first two games, and succeeded by Bill Meek. The team's roster included

Gene Corum Gene Corum (May 29, 1921 – January 2, 2010) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University from 1960 to 1965, compiling a record of 29–30–2. Corum played college football as a G ...

Monk Edwards William Bennett "Monk" Edwards (July 19, 1920 – May 19, 2009) was an American football lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He played college football at Baylor University as a fullback from 1936 to 1939 and ...

Hank Goodman Henry Joseph Goodman (March 18, 1919 – March 25, 2007) was an American football player. A native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, Goodman attended Bradford High School and then played college football at St. Bonaventure, George Washington, and W ...

, George Hecht, and

Clyde Johnson Clyde Elmer Johnson (August 22, 1917 – September 14, 1997) was an American football player. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats football team and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team tackle on the 1942 College ...

. The Fort Benning Doughboys were ranked 28th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.

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