American college football season
The 1945 Wiley Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Wiley College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1945 college football season . In their 23rd season under head coach Fred T. Long , the Wildcats compiled a 10–0 record (6–0 against SWAC opponents), defeated Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic , won the SWAC championship, shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 356 to 19. The Wiley team was also recognized as the 1945 black college national champion .
Assistant coach Harry Long , the brother of head coach Fred T. Long, suffered a heart attack in the first quarter of the Orange Blossom Classic. He died in an ambulance en route to a hospital. The victory sealed the Wildcats' national championship, but, after the game, the team sprawled out on the bench and the ground and wept over the Long's death.[1]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 29 Philander Smith * W 53–0
October 6 at Arkansas AM&N Pine Bluff, AR W 31–0[2]
October 15 Prairie View W 35–7
October 20 Tillotson * W 62–0
October 29 vs. Randolph Field * Shreveport, LA W 26–0
November 10 Langston W 20–03,000
November 17 Southern W 33–06,000
November 24 Samuel Huston W 56–0
December 1 Texas College W 8–6
December 8 vs. Florida A&M * W 32–68,000 [1]
References [ ]
Venues
People National championship seasons in bold
1920 : Howard , Talladega
1921 : Talladega , Wiley
1922 : Hampton
1923 : Howard , Lincoln (PA) , Virginia Union
1924 : Lincoln (PA) , Paul Quinn , Tuskegee
1925 : Howard , Tuskegee
1926 : Howard , Tuskegee
1927 : Bluefield , Tuskegee
1928 : Bluefield , Wiley
1929 : Tuskegee
1930 : Tuskegee
1931 : Wilberforce
1932 : Wiley
1933 : Morgan
1934 : Kentucky State
1935 : Kentucky State , Texas College
1936 : Virginia State , West Virginia State
1937 : Morgan
1938 : Florida A&M
1939 : Langston
1940 : Morris Brown
1941 : Langston , Morris Brown
1942 : Florida A&M
1943 : Morgan State
1944 : Morgan State
1945 : Wiley
1946 : Morgan State , Tennessee A&I
1947 : Shaw , Tennessee A&I
1948 : Wilberforce State , Southern
1949 : Morgan State , Southern
1950 : Florida A&M , Southern
1951 : Morris Brown , North Carolina A&T
1952 : Florida A&M
1953 : Florida A&M , Prairie View A&M , Tennessee A&I
1954 : Florida A&M , North Carolina College , Prairie View A&M , Southern , Tennessee A&I
1955 : Grambling
1956 : Tennessee A&I
1957 : Florida A&M
1958 : Prairie View A&M
1959 : Florida A&M
1960 : Southern
1961 : Florida A&M
1962 : Florida A&M , Jackson State
1963 : Prairie View A&M
1964 : Prairie View A&M
1965 : Tennessee A&I
1966 : Tennessee A&I
1967 : Grambling , Morgan State
1968 : Alcorn A&M , North Carolina A&T
1969 : Alcorn A&M
1970 : Tennessee State
1971 : Tennessee State
1972 : Grambling
1973 : Tennessee State
1974 : Alcorn State , Grambling State
1975 : Grambling State
1976 : South Carolina State
1977 : , Grambling State ,
1978 : Florida A&M
1979 : Tennessee State
1980 : Grambling State
1981 : South Carolina State ,
1982 : ,
1983 : , ,
1984 : ,
1985 : ,
1986 :
1987 : ,
1988 :
1989 :
1990 : , North Carolina A&T
1991 :
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1993 : ,
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1997 : ,
1998 : ,
1999 : North Carolina A&T
2000 : Grambling State
2001 : , ,
2002 : Bethune–Cookman , ,
2003 : ,
2004 : ,
2005 : , ,
2006 : Hampton ,
2007 : Delaware State ,
2013 : Bethune–Cookman , Tennessee State
2014 : Alcorn State
2015 : North Carolina A&T
2016 : Grambling State
2017 : North Carolina A&T
2018 : North Carolina A&T
2019 : North Carolina A&T
2020 : Alabama A&M
2021 : Florida A&M , South Carolina State
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