1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

American college football season

1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference| Independent
Ranking
AP| No. 9
Record| 7–2–1
Head coach|

* Hugh Devore (1st season)

Captain| Frank Dancewicz
Home stadium| Notre Dame Stadium

Seasons

← 1944

1946 →

1945 Midwestern college football independents records

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | 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.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| Illinois| |

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 7–0| 41,569|
October 6| at Georgia Tech| |

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, GA (rivalry)

| W 40–7| 30,157|
October 13| Dartmouth| No. 3|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 34–0| 34,645| [1]
October 20| at Pittsburgh| No. 3|

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| W 39–9| 57,542| [2]
October 27| Iowa| No. 2|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 56–0| 42,841|
November 3| vs. No. 3 Navy| No. 2|

* Municipal Stadium
* Cleveland, OH (rivalry)

| T 6–6| 82,020|
November 10| vs. No. 1 Army| No. 2|

* Yankee Stadium
* Bronx, NY (rivalry)

| L 0–48| 74,621| [3]
November 17| at Northwestern| No. 7|

* Dyche Stadium
* Evanston, IL (rivalry)

| W 12–7| 46,294|
November 24| at Tulane| No. 5|

* Tulane Stadium
* New Orleans, LA

| W 32–6| 63,000| [4]
December 1| at Great Lakes Navy| No. 5|

* Ross Field
* North Chicago, IL

| L 7–39| 23,000|

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Rankings

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See also: 1945 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes| Week

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Poll| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| Final
AP| 3 (3)| 3| 2 (4)| 2 (6)| 2 (3)| 7| 5| 5| 9

## References

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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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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues|

* Brownson Hall field (1892?–1899)
* Cartier Field (1899–1928)
* Soldier Field (1929)
* Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls and rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Emerald Isle Classic
* Army
* Boston College
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Navy
* Northwestern
* Pittsburgh
* Purdue
* Stanford
* USC

Culture and lore|

* History
* Band of the Fighting Irish
* Irish Guard
* Notre Dame Box
* Notre Dame Leprechaun
* "Notre Dame, Our Mother"
* "Notre Dame Victory March"
* Play Like a Champion Today
* Subway Alumni
* T formation
* Tall Grass Game
* 1946 "Game of the Century"
* 1966 "Game of the Century"
* Catholics vs. Convicts
* 30 for 30 film
* 1993 "Game of the Century"
* Bush Push
* Navy ends the drought
* Death of Lizzy Seeberg
* 2020 ACC Championship Game
* The Spirit of Notre Dame
* Knute Rockne, All American
* Notre Dame Football on NBC
* Rudy

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* Head coaches
* Starting quarterbacks
* Four Horsemen
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders
* Team captains

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