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The 1945 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its first season under head coach Edward McKeever, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored its opponents 169 to 166. Allen Dekdebrun was the team captain.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Headcoach
CaptainAllen Dekdebrun
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1945 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainAllen Dekdebrun
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
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1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army – 9–0–0
Franklin & Marshall – 4–0–1
No. 20 Columbia – 8–1–0
Temple – 7–1–0
No. 16 Holy Cross – 8–2–0
Tufts – 4–1–0
No. 8 Penn – 6–2–0
Yale – 6–3–0
Massachusetts State – 2–1–1
Harvard – 5–3–0
Penn State – 5–3–0
Cornell – 5–4–0
Villanova – 4–4–0
Boston College – 3–4–0
Brown – 3–4–1
Colgate – 3–4–1
Princeton – 2–3–2
NYU – 3–4–0
Pittsburgh – 3–7–0
Bucknell – 2–5–0
Drexel – 2–5–0
Dartmouth – 1–6–1
Syracuse – 1–6–0
Boston University – 0–5–0
CCNY – 0–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 at Syracuse W 26–14 25,000 [2]
September 29 Bucknell
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 19–8 3,000 [3]
October 6 Naval Submarine Base New London
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 39–0 [1]
October 13 Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–14 14,000 [4]
October 27 at Yale L 7–18 30,000 [5]
November 3 at No. 12 Columbia L 26–34 35,000 [6]
November 10 Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 20–6 17,000 [7]
November 17 at Dartmouth W 20–13 12,000 [8]
November 24 at No. 11 Penn L 6–59 67,000 [9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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