Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight Air Devils

Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight has played football since at least 1942 and is 14–⁠13–⁠2 in the 29 games on record. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 19, in 1944. This season, they’re 1–⁠2.

On this date in 1945Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight beat UCLA 13–⁠6 on the road.

Résumé

Record on file: 14–⁠13–⁠2 .517; how we count
Postseason: 0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes: 0
Weeks at No. 1: 0 of 0 ranked
Elo now: 1486
Best season by Elo: 1942 rated 1526
Seasons: 4 since 1942, 29 games

1945 season 1–⁠2

Roster Full 1945 season

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 6	atUSC	L 14–⁠26	23%
Oct 19	atUCLA	W 13–⁠6	44%
Dec 1	atCalifornia	L 0–⁠6	61%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

USC UCLA CaliforniaFinal

Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Program strength since 1942

Best seasons ever

End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries

Every opponent (15)

Every program Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight has played, A to Z, with Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Alameda Coast Guard 2–⁠0–⁠1
California 2–⁠2
Del Monte Pre-Flight 0–⁠1
Fleet City 1–⁠1
March Field 0–⁠2
Oregon 1–⁠0
Pacific 1–⁠2
Pleasanton Navy 1–⁠0
San Francisco 1–⁠0
Santa Ana Field 1–⁠0
Santa Clara 1–⁠0
Stanford 0–⁠1
UCLA 3–⁠0
USC 0–⁠4
Washington 0–⁠0–⁠1

Season by season

National champions

Season	Record	AP final	Elo
1945	1–⁠2		1486
1944	4–⁠4	19	1496
1943	3–⁠4–⁠1		1495
1942	6–⁠3–⁠1		1526

All 4 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.