1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1945 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1945 Purdue Boilermakers football
1945 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1945 record	7–3 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Cecil Isbell (2nd season);
MVP	Norman Maloney
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1945 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second season under head coach Cecil Isbell, the Boilermakers compiled a 7–3 record, finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 198 to 125.^[1]^[2]

Notable players from the 1945 Purdue team included halfbacks Ed Cody and Bob DeMoss.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 22	Marquette*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 14–13
September 29	at Great Lakes Navy*		Naval Station Great Lakes North Chicago, IL	W 20–6
October 6	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 13–7
October 13	Iowa	No. 15	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 40–0
October 20	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 35–13
October 27	at Northwestern	No. 4	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–26
November 3	Pittsburgh*	No. 13	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–0
November 10	Miami (OH)*	No. 12	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–7
November 17	at No. 14 Michigan	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–27
November 24	at No. 4 Indiana	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–26
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`87`	Bob DeMoss	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
^ "1945 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-02.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2020-Dec-29.
^ 2020 Purdue Record Book. Retrieved 2021-Jan-01.

v t Purdue Boilermakers football
Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)
Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Holy Buckeye Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 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

1945 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Indiana $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Illinois	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll