1945 Navy Midshipmen football team
Appearance
1945 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 3 |
Record | 7–1–1 |
Head coach |
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Captain | Dick Duden |
Home stadium | Thompson Stadium |
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Miami (FL) | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Navy | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1945 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1945 college football season. In their second season under head coach Oscar Hagberg, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1–1 record, shut out three opponents and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 220 to 65.[1][2] Navy was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll.
Zeitplan
Date | Opponent | Rank | Website | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | Villanova | W 49–0 | ||||
October 6 | at Duke | W 21–0 | 44,000 | |||
October 13 | Penn State | No. 2 |
| W 28–0 | 16,148 | |
October 20 | Georgia Tech | No. 2 | W 20–6 | |||
October 27 | at No. 7 Penn | No. 3 | W 14–7 | 73,000 | [3] | |
November 3 | vs. No. 2 Notre Dame | No. 3 | T 6–6 | 82,020 | ||
November 10 | No. 7 Michigan | No. 4 |
| W 33–7 | 56,880 | |
November 17 | Wisconsin | No. 2 |
| W 36–7 | ||
December 1 | vs. No. 1 Army | No. 2 |
| L 13–32 | 102,000 | [4] |
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References
- ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ Ward, Gene (October 28, 1945). "Navy Beats Penn, 14-7, in Last 24 Seconds". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jerry Nason (December 2, 1945). "Navy Goes Down With Guns Blazing Before Army, 32-13: Blanchard and Davis Score 5 Touchdowns". The Boston Sunday Globe. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.