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The 1945 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1945 college football season. In their second season under head coach Oscar Hagberg, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1–1 record, shut out three opponents and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 220 to 65.[1] Navy was ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll.

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 2
Record7–1–1
Headcoach
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1945 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record7–1–1
Head coach
CaptainDick Duden
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
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1945 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Miami (FL) – 9–1–1
No. 3 Navy – 7–1–1
Louisiana Normal (Grambling) – 9–2–0
Virginia – 7–2–0
Chattanooga – 5–3–0
Jacksonville State – 1–1–0
West Virginia – 2–6–1
Tennessee Tech – 1–8–0
Howard (AL) – 0–5–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29VillanovaW 49–0
October 6at DukeW 21–044,000[2]
October 13Penn StateNo. 2
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 28–016,148
October 20Georgia TechNo. 2W 20–654,875[3]
October 27at No. 7 PennNo. 3W 14–773,000[4]
November 3vs. No. 2 Notre DameNo. 3T 6–682,020
November 10No. 7 MichiganNo. 4
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 33–756,880
November 17WisconsinNo. 2
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 36–7
December 1vs. No. 1 ArmyNo. 2L 13–32102,000[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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( ) = First-place votes
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AP2 (14)2 (14)3 (5)3 (3)4 (3)2 (5)222
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