1945 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1945 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–7 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPArthur Johnson
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
Seasons
  1944
1946  
1945 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Indiana $ 5 0 19 0 1
No. 6 Michigan 5 1 07 3 0
No. 12 Ohio State 5 2 07 2 0
Northwestern 3 3 14 4 1
Purdue 3 3 07 3 0
Wisconsin 2 3 13 4 2
Illinois 1 4 12 6 1
Minnesota 1 5 04 5 0
Iowa 1 5 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1945 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Clem Crowe's only season as head coach for the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Bergstrom Field *W 14–1310,000 [1] [2] [3]
October 6at Ohio State L 0–4249,342
October 13at No. 15 Purdue L 0–4020,000
October 20No. 8 Indiana
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 20–5215,800
October 27at No. 2 Notre Dame *L 0–5642,841
November 3 Wisconsin Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
L 7–27
November 10at Illinois L 7–4814,060
November 17 Minnesota
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 20–1913,880
November 24at Nebraska *L 6–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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