1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Captain Frank Dancewicz
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
←  1944
1946  →
1945 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan State Normal  – 5 –0 –1
Central Michigan  – 6 –1 –0
Miami (OH)  – 7 –2 –0
No. 9 Notre Dame  – 7 –2 –1
Detroit  – 6 –3 –0
Great Lakes Navy  – 6 –4 –1
Michigan State  – 5 –3 –1
Akron  – 5 –4 –0
Marquette  – 5 –4 –1
Bowling Green  – 4 –3 –0
Western Michigan  – 4 –3 –0
Cincinnati  – 4 –4 –0
Ohio  – 3 –4 –0
Ohio Wesleyan  – 3 –4 –0
Carthage  – 2 –3 –0
Wayne  – 2 –5 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1945 college football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Illinois
W 7–041,569
October 6at Georgia Tech
W 40–730,157
October 13 Dartmouth No. 3
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 34–034,645 [1]
October 20at Pittsburgh No. 3
W 39–957,542 [2]
October 27 Iowa No. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 56–042,841
November 3vs. No. 3 Navy No. 2
T 6–682,020
November 10vs. No. 1 Army No. 2
L 0–4874,621 [3]
November 17at Northwestern No. 7
W 12–746,294
November 24at Tulane No. 5
W 32–663,000 [4]
December 1at Great Lakes Navy No. 5
L 7–3923,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP 3 (3)32 (4)2 (6)2 (3)7559

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References

  1. ↑ Costin, Jim (October 14, 1945). "N.D. Whips Dartmouth; Easterners Outclassed in 34-0 Rout". The South Bend Tribune . South Bend, Ind. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Keck, Harry (October 21, 1945). "65,000 See Irish Remain Unbeaten". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved August 31, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Gene Ward (November 11, 1945). "Army Whips Notre Dame, 48-0". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Notre Dame rally beats Tulane, 32 to 6". The Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1945. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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