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1945 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainDick Duden
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Seasons← 19441946 →
1945 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (FL)   –   9 – 1 – 1
No. 3 Navy   –   7 – 1 – 1
Louisiana Normal (Grambling)   –   9 – 2 – 0
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. Navy was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29VillanovaW 49–0
October 6at DukeW 21–044,000
October 13Penn StateNo. 2
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 28–016,148
October 20Georgia TechNo. 2W 20–654,875
October 27at No. 7 PennNo. 3W 14–773,000
November 3vs. No. 2 Notre DameNo. 3T 6–682,020
November 10No. 7 MichiganNo. 4
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 33–756,880
November 17WisconsinNo. 2
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 36–7
December 1vs. No. 1 ArmyNo. 2L 13–32102,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP2 (14)2 (14)3 (5)3 (3)4 (3)2 (5)222

References

  1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. "Navy Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. "Navy outclasses Duke, 21–0, before 44,000". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 8, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Unbeaten Annapolis trips Georgia Tech, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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