The 1945 Personnel Distribution Command Comets football team represented the Personnel Distribution Command (PDC) based in

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and

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during the 1945 college football season. The Comets competed in the

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(AAF League) with six others teams from the

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. The team compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 2–4 in league play, placing sixth in the AAF League. The Comets began the season with Captain

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as head coach. In October, after the team's first three games, Shipkey was discharged from military service and returned to the

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, where he had been head football coach before

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. He was succeeded by Major Wally Marks who had coached at

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before the war. Staff Sergeant Jim Harris was the team's line coach until he was discharged along with Shipkey. The PDC Comets were ranked 27th among the nation's college and service teams in the final

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