1945 Navy Midshipmen football team

1945 Navy Midshipmen football
1945 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 2
Record	7–1–1
Head coach	Oscar Hagberg (2nd season);
Captain	Dick Duden
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

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.

1945 Southern college football independents records
v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Villanova		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 49–0
October 6	at Duke		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 21–0	44,000	^[3]
October 13	Penn State	No. 2	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 28–0	16,148
October 20	Georgia Tech	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 20–6	54,875	^[4]
October 27	at No. 7 Penn	No. 3	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	73,000	^[5]
November 3	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame	No. 3	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	T 6–6	82,020
November 10	No. 7 Michigan	No. 4	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 33–7	56,880
November 17	Wisconsin	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 36–7
December 1	vs. No. 1 Army	No. 2	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 13–32	102,000	^[6]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	2 (14)	2 (14)	3 (5)	3 (3)	4 (3)	2 (5)	2	2	2

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.
^ "Navy outclasses Duke, 21–0, before 44,000". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 8, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Unbeaten Annapolis trips Georgia Tech, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.

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[1] "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.

[CFDW-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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