1945 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1945 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1945 college football season.[1][2]

1945 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Independent
1945 record	1–6–1
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field

1945 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Holy Cross	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 6–13	8,000	[3]
October 6	Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–12	45,000	[4]
October 13	No. 3 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 0–34	45,000	[5]
October 27	Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 8–0	10,000	[6]
November 3	Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–6	45,000	[7]
November 10	Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 13–13	15,000	[8]
November 17	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 13–20	12,000	[9]
November 24	Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–21	30,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1945 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
2. "Dartmouth Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
3. "Holy Cross Pushed Hard by Big Green". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 30, 1945. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
4. Morrow, Art (October 7, 1945). "45,000 Watch Penn Win, 12-0; Dartmouth Is Defeated by Aerials". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. 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.
6. "Dartmouth Trips Syracuse, 8 to 0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. United Press. October 28, 1945. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
7. Nason, Jerry (November 4, 1945). "Yale Student of 3 Days Defeats Dartmouth, 6-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Kaese, Harold (November 11, 1945). "Green Gains Tie by Unique Touchdown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
9. McGowen, Roscoe (November 18, 1945). "Cornell Topples Dartmouth in 29th Meeting, 20 to 13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. "Columbia Blanks Dartmouth, 21-0, for Seventh Victory". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. November 25, 1945. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.