1945 Penn Quakers football team

The 1945 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–2 record, was ranked No. 8 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 237 to 88.^[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1945 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 8
Record	6–2
Head coach	George Munger (8th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Brown		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 50–0	51,000	[2]
October 6	Dartmouth		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 12–0	45,000	[3]
October 13	North Carolina	No. 11	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 49–0	53,000	[4]
October 27	No. 3 Navy	No. 7	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–14	73,000	[5]
November 3	Princeton	No. 7	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 28–0	52,000	[6]
November 10	No. 10 Columbia	No. 9	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 32–7	63,000	[7]
November 17	No. 1 Army	No. 6	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–61	73,000	[8]
November 24	Cornell	No. 11	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 59–6	67,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	11	7	7	7	9	6	11	8	8

References

1. "1945 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
2. Effrat, Louis (September 30, 1945). "Penn Backs Romp over Brown, 50-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
3. Morrow, Art (October 7, 1945). "45,000 Watch Penn Win, 12-0; Dartmouth Is Defeated by Aerials". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Hand, Jack (October 14, 1945). "Bob Evans Leads Attack as Quakers Rout Carolina". The News & Observer. Raleigh, N.C. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Ward, Gene (October 28, 1945). "Navy Beats Penn, 14-7, in Last 24 Seconds". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C24 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Morrow, Art (November 4, 1945). "52,000 See Penn Triumph, 28-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "63,000 See Penn End Columbia Streak: Evans' Passes Yield Four Quaker Scores". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1945. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
8. 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 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Danzig, Allison (November 25, 1945). "Quakers Win, 59-6; Eight Players Score the Nine Touchdowns in Routing Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.