1945 Army Cadets football team

1945 Army Cadets football
AP Poll national champion Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 1
1945 record	9–0
Head coach	Earl Blaik (5th season)
Captain	John Green
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records
v t	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
Boston University		–		0	–	5	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1945 college football season. The Cadets were coached by Earl Blaik in his fifth year and finished the season undefeated with a record of nine wins and zero losses (9–0). The squad was also recognized as national champions for the 1945 season.^[1] For the season, the Cadets' offense scored 412 points, while the defense allowed 46 points.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Louisville AAF		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 32–0
October 6	Wake Forest		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 54–0	10,000
October 13	vs. No. 9 Michigan	No. 1	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 28–7	62,878
October 20	Melville PT Boats	No. 1	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 55–13
October 27	vs. No. 19 Duke	No. 1	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 48–13	44,687
November 3	Villanova	No. 1	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 54–0
November 10	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame	No. 1	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 48–0	74,621
November 17	at No. 6 Penn	No. 1	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 61–0	73,000	^[2]
December 1	vs. No. 2 Navy	No. 1	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 32–13
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[3]

Roster[]

Doc Blanchard
HB Glenn Davis
E Barney Poole
Roland Catarinella
HB Jack W. Gillette

Awards and honors[]

Doc Blanchard, Heisman Trophy
Doc Blanchard, Maxwell Award^[4]
Doc Blanchard, James E. Sullivan Award

References[]

^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "2012 DI Football Records Book - FBS section" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 72. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ Morrow, Art (November 18, 1945). "73,000 See Army's Power Batter Penn, 61-0; Davis and Blanchard Both Score 3 Times". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ DeLassus, David. "Army Yearly Results: 1945–1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".

v t 1945 Army Cadets football—AP national champions
Doc Blanchard Tex Coulter Glenn Davis Bobby Dobbs Hank Foldberg Robert Folsom John Green Shorty McWilliams Barney Poole John Sauer Dean Sensanbaugher Joe Steffy Bob Summerhays Arnold Tucker Head coach: Earl Blaik Assistant coaches: Andy Gustafson Herman Hickman Stu Holcomb Bob Woodruff

v t Army Black Knights football
Venues	The Plain (1890–1923) Michie Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Navy: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Army Mule Black Death Award "On, Brave Old Army Team" "The Army Goes Rolling Along" 1946 "Game of the Century" West Point Salute Touchdown, Army Code Breakers
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

v t College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP) 1937: Pittsburgh 1938: TCU 1939: Texas A&M 1940: Minnesota 1941: Minnesota 1942: Ohio State 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army 1945: Army (AP) / Oklahoma A&M (Coaches) 1946: Notre Dame 1947: Notre Dame 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma (AP, Coaches) 1951: Tennessee 1952: Michigan State 1953: Maryland 1954: Ohio State (AP) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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