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1945 Army Cadets football team

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American college football season

1945Army Cadets football
Consensus national champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainJohn Green
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1Army  900
Franklin & Marshall  401
No. 20Columbia  810
Temple  710
No. 16Holy Cross  820
Tufts  410
No. 8Penn  620
Yale  630
Massachusetts State  211
Harvard  530
Penn State  530
Cornell  540
Villanova  440
Boston College  340
Brown  341
Colgate  341
Princeton  232
NYU  340
Pittsburgh  370
Bucknell  250
Drexel  250
Dartmouth  161
Syracuse  160
Boston University  050
CCNY  080
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1945 Army Cadets football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUnited States Military Academy as an independent. In their fifth season under head coachEarl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 9–0 record, shut out five of nine opponents (including a 48–0 victory over No. 2Notre Dame and a 61–0 victory over No. 6Penn), and outscored all opponents by a total of 412 to 46.[1] Army's 1945 season was part of a 32-game undefeated streak that included the entire 1944, 1945, and 1946 seasons.

In the finalAP poll released on December 2, Army was unanimously ranked No. 1 nationally with 1,160 points, more than 200 points ahead of No. 2Navy.[2] The Cadetsrepeated as winners of theDr. Henry L. Williams trophy for the AP national championship. Army also won theLambert Trophy as the best football team in the east.[3]

All eight other contemporary NCAA-designated major selectors also recognized Army as the 1945national champion, including theBoand System,Dunkel System, DeVold System,Helms Athletic Foundation,Houlgate System,Litkenhous Ratings,Poling System, and Williamson System. Army also garnered five retrospective selections by later major selectorsBerryman (QPRS),Billingsley Report,College Football Researchers Association, andSagarin Ratings;[4] theNational Championship Foundation selected them as co-champions withAlabama.[4]

The team led the nation with an average of 462.7 yards oftotal offense per game, including 359.8 rushing yards per game.[5] The offense was led by backsDoc Blanchard andGlenn Davis. Blanchard scored 114 points in 1945 and received both theHeisman Trophy and theMaxwell Award as the best player in college football.[6][7][8] Davis rushed for 944 yards and led the nation with an average of 11.51 rushing yards per carry.[9]

Four Army players were consensus first-team picks on the1945 All-America college football team: Blanchard; Davis; tackleTex Coulter; and guardJohn Green.[10] In a departure from normal practice, theNewspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) named all eleven Army starters as its All-American team for 1945.[11] Other notable players included quarterbackArnold Tucker (NEA) and endHank Foldberg.

The undefeated 1945 Army team was one of the strongest of all time, as during World War II, loose player transfer rules allowed service academies to assemble many of the nation's best players.[12]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Personnel Distribution CommandW 32–09,000[13][14]
October 6Wake Forest
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 54–010,000[15]
October 13vs. No. 9MichiganNo. 1W 28–770,000[16][17]
October 20Melville PT BoatsNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 55–13[18]
October 27vs. No. 19DukeNo. 1W 48–1342,287[19]
November 3VillanovaNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 54–012,000[20]
November 10vs. No. 2Notre DameNo. 1
W 48–074,621[21]
November 17at No. 6PennNo. 1W 61–073,000[22]
December 1vs. No. 2NavyNo. 1W 32–13102,000[23]
  • Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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See also:1945 college football rankings

Army was thewire-to-wire No. 1 in the season'sAP poll and won theDr. Henry L. Williams Trophy.

Ranking movements
Legend: ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP1(86)1(90)1(101)1(91)1(86)1(91)1(81)1(80)1(116)

Personnel

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Players

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  • Shelton Biles, guard, Kingsport, Tennessee
  • Doc Blanchard (College Football Hall of Fame), fullback, Bishopville, South Carolina, 6', 208 pounds
  • Roland Catarinella, guard
  • Bobby Chabot
  • Tex Coulter, tackle, San Antonio, Texas, 6'3", 220 pounds
  • Glenn Davis (College Football Hall of Fame), Claremont, California, 5'9", 170 pounds
  • Hank Foldberg, end, Dallas, Texas, 6'1", 195 pounds
  • Herschel E. Fuson, Middlesboro, Kentucky, 6'1", 215 pounds
  • Arthur L. Gerometta, guard, Gary, Indiana, 5'10", 190 pounds
  • John Green (College Football Hall of Fame), guard and captain, Shelbyville, Kentucky, 5'8-1/2", 190 pounds
  • Shorty McWilliams, halfback, Meridan, Mississippi, 5'11", 175 pounds
  • Albert M. Nemetz, tackle, Prince George, Virginia, 6', 190 pounds
  • Dick Pitzer, end, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 6'1", 195 pounds
  • Barney Poole (College Football Hall of Fame), end, Gloster, Mississippi
  • Arnold Tucker (College Football Hall of Fame), quarterback, Miami, Florida, 5'9", 175 pounds

Coaches

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Awards and honors

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Team

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^"1945 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results".SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedApril 2, 2022.
  2. ^"Army Unanimous Choice as Top Team in AP's Final Poll".Abilene Reporter-News. December 4, 1945. p. 2 – viaNewspapers.com.
  3. ^"Army Lambert Winner".The Boston Globe. December 4, 1945. p. 15 – viaNewspapers.com.
  4. ^ab2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records(PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114.Archived(PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2021.
  5. ^W.J. Bingham, ed. (1946).The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1946. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 30.
  6. ^"Uconn Ace Crowned New Scoring Champ".The Cincinnati Enquirer. December 3, 1945. p. 16 – viaNewspapers.com.
  7. ^"Trophy Given To Blanchard".Arizona Republic. December 4, 1945. p. 14 – viaNewspapers.com.
  8. ^"Blanchard Also Wins Maxwell Club Award".The Boston Globe. December 4, 1945. p. 15 – viaNewspapers.com.
  9. ^W.J. Bingham, ed. (1946).The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1946. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 34.
  10. ^"Football Award Winners"(PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. RetrievedOctober 21, 2017.
  11. ^Harry Grayson (November 27, 1945)."Army's And Nea's 1945 All American Chosen: Men Hail From Nine States".Olean Times Herald. p. 10 – viaNewspapers.com.
  12. ^Connelly, Bill (December 10, 2016)."What made 1945 Army the greatest college football team of all time".SBNation. Vox Media, LLC. RetrievedJuly 7, 2022.World War II gave the service academies competitive edges, and the Cadets took maximum advantage, producing perhaps the most dominant season of college football possible.
  13. ^Jimmy Powers (September 30, 1945)."Army Roughs Fliers, 32-0; Davis, M'Williams Score 2".New York Daily News. p. 69 – viaNewspapers.com.
  14. ^Karl Ruby (September 30, 1945)."Army Punctures Comets' Scrappy Line for 32-0 Win".The Courier-Journal. p. IV-3 – viaNewspapers.com.
  15. ^Dick Young (October 7, 1945)."Army Eleven Levels Wake Forest by 54-0".New York Daily News. p. 25C – viaNewspapers.com.
  16. ^Jack Smith (October 14, 1945)."Army Outspeeds Wolves, 28-7; Davis, Blanchard Run 70 Yds".New York Daily News. p. 76 – viaNewspapers.com.
  17. ^"Michigan Extends Army in 28-7 Loss".Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 14, 1945. p. 33 – viaNewspapers.com.
  18. ^Dick Young (October 21, 1945)."Army Beats PT's, 55-13, After Trailing in 1st, 0-13".New York Daily News. p. 77 – viaNewspapers.com.
  19. ^Dick Young (October 28, 1945)."Army Rips Duke, 48-13, On Long Dashes at PG".New York Daily News. p. 73 – viaNewspapers.com.
  20. ^"Army Subs Sink Villanova, 54-0; Doc, Glenn Get 2".New York Daily News. November 4, 1945. p. 25C – viaNewspapers.com.
  21. ^Gene Ward (November 11, 1945)."Army Whips Notre Dame, 48-0".New York Daily News. p. 88 – viaNewspapers.com.
  22. ^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 – viaNewspapers.com.
  23. ^Jerry Nason (December 2, 1945)."Navy Goes Down With Guns Blazing Before Army, 32-13: Blanchard and Davis Score 5 Touchdowns".The Boston Sunday Globe. p. 34 – viaNewspapers.com.
  24. ^Litkenhous Ratings Championship trophy (Trophy plaque). Hollingsworth/Manning Hall,University of Mississippi:Litkenhous Ratings. July 18, 2013. RetrievedApril 5, 2023.The Difference By Score System
  25. ^"NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".
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