1945 Navy Midshipmen football team

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 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 →

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
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
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	^[3]
October 27	at No. 7 Penn	No. 3	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	73,000	^[4]
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	^[5]
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
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

1. (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
2. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. "Unbeaten Annapolis trips Georgia Tech, 20–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. 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.
5. 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.