1945 Marquette Hilltoppers football team

The 1945 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University during the 1945 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Tom Stidham, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 238 to 156.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1945 Marquette Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
1945 record5–4–1
Head coachTom Stidham (5th season)
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
1945 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Wayne      2 5 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Purdue
L 13–14
September 29at WisconsinL 13–40
October 6vs. Villanova
L 0–6
October 13Kansas StateW 55–13
October 20Great Lakes Navy
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 27–37
October 27at Michigan State
T 13–13
November 3Detroit
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 32–149,000[2]
November 10Kansas
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 26–0
November 17at KentuckyW 19–13
November 24Saint Louis
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 40–6

References

  1. "1945 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. W. W. Edgar (November 4, 1945). "U-D Trimmed, 32-14". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 3 via Newspapers.com.
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