Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/1945 season inventory

This is an inventory of season articles covering the 1945 college football season. As of June 18, 2022, we have articles on 133 of the 375 college football teams that fielded a team during the 1945 season. The geographic and conference architecture is taken from the 1946 NCAA Football Guide. Articles in need of work should be listed in italics.

Warning: The fact that a team is included in this inventory does not mean that a stand-alone season is warranted. Before creating any stand-alone season article, it is important to verify in advance that there is sufficient WP:SIGCOV in independent, reliable sources to pass WP:GNG.

Overall

 * 1) 1945 college football season
 * 2) 1945 College Football All-America Team
 * 3) 1945 Little All-America college football team

New England
(11/19)


 * 1) 1945 All-Eastern football team

Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association

 * 1) 1945 Holy Cross Crusaders football team (8–2) (AP No. 16)
 * 2) 1945 Yale Bulldogs football team (6–3)
 * 3) 1945 Harvard Crimson football team (5–3)
 * 4) 1945 Brown Bears football team (3–4–1)
 * 5) 1945 Boston College Eagles football team (3–4)
 * 6) 1945 Dartmouth Indians football team (1–6–1)
 * 7) 1945 Boston University Terriers football team (0–5)

New England independents

 * 1) 1945 Connecticut Huskies football team (4–3–1) (needs sourcing)
 * 2) 1945 Wesleyan Cardinals football team
 * 3) Tufts
 * 4) Colby
 * 5) 1945 Rhode Island State Rams football team (2–1) (needs sourcing)
 * 6) 1945 Massachusetts State Aggies football team (2–1–1) (needs sourcing)
 * 7) Middlebury
 * 8) Amherst
 * 9) Bowdoin
 * 10) 1945 Coast Guard Cadets football team
 * 11) 1945 Maine Black Bears football team (0–5)
 * 12) Worcester

Middle Atlantic
(19/40)

Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association

 * 1) 1945 Army Cadets football team (9–0)  (AP No. 1)
 * 2) 1945 Columbia Lions football team (8–1) (AP No. 20)
 * 3) 1945 Temple Owls football team (7–1)
 * 4) 1945 Penn Quakers football team (6–2) (AP No. 8)
 * 5) 1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team (5–2)
 * 6) 1945 Penn State Nittany Lions football team (5–3)
 * 7) 1945 Cornell Big Red football team (5–4)
 * 8) 1945 Villanova Wildcats football team (4–4)
 * 9) 1945 Colgate Red Raiders football team (3–4–1)
 * 10) 1945 Princeton Tigers football team (2–3–2)
 * 11) 1945 NYU Violets football team (3–4)
 * 12) 1945 Lehigh Engineers football team (2–4)
 * 13) 1945 Pittsburgh Panthers football team (3–7)
 * 14) 1945 Bucknell Bison football team (2–5)
 * 15) 1945 West Virginia Mountaineers football team (2–6–1)
 * 16) 1945 Lafayette Leopards football team (1–7–1)
 * 17) 1945 Syracuse Orangemen football team (1–6)

Middle Atlantic States independents

 * 1) Franklin & Marshall
 * 2) 1945 West Chester Golden Rams football team
 * 3) 1945 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
 * 4) Rennselaer Polytechnic
 * 5) Fairmont
 * 6) 1945 Merchant Marine Mariners football team (Kings Point)
 * 7) 1945 Swarthmore Garnet Tide football team
 * 8) Scranton
 * 9) Brooklyn College
 * 10) Rochester
 * 11) Ursinus
 * 12) 1945 Drexel Dragons football team (2–5)
 * 13) Haverford
 * 14) West Virginia Tech
 * 15) Washington & Jefferson
 * 16) Pennsylvania Military
 * 17) Muhlenberg
 * 18) 1945 CCNY Beavers football team (0–8)

Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference

 * 1) Lock Haven
 * 2) Slippery Rock
 * 3) Bloomsburg
 * 4) Indiana
 * 5) East Stroudsburg

The Middle West
(24/91)

Big Ten

 * 1) 1945 Big Ten Conference football season
 * 2) 1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team
 * 3) 1945 Indiana Hoosiers football team (9–0–1) (AP No. 4)
 * 4) 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team (7–3) (AP No. 6)
 * 5) 1945 Ohio State Buckeyes football team (7–2) (AP No. 12)
 * 6) 1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team (7–3)
 * 7) 1945 Northwestern Wildcats football team (4–4–1)
 * 8) 1945 Wisconsin Badgers football team (3–4–2)
 * 9) 1945 Illinois Fighting Illini football team (2–6–1)
 * 10) 1945 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team (4–5)
 * 11) 1945 Iowa Hawkeyes football team (2–7)

Major Midwestern independents

 * 1) 1945 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (7–2–1) (AP No. 9)
 * 2) 1945 Detroit Titans football team (6–3)
 * 3) 1945 Michigan State Spartans football team (5–3–1)
 * 4) 1945 Marquette Hilltoppers football team (5–4–1)

Ohio Athletic Conference

 * 1) Oberlin
 * 2) Capital
 * 3) Baldwin-Wallace
 * 4) Muskingum
 * 5) Ashland
 * 6) Otterbein
 * 7) Wittenberg
 * 8) Denison
 * 9) Case
 * 10) Heidelberg
 * 11) Ohio Northern
 * 12) Wooster
 * 13) Kenyon

Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1945 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team (4–3)
 * 2) 1945 Southern Illinois Maroons football team (4–1–2)
 * 3) 1945 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team (4–3)
 * 4) Eastern Illinois
 * 5) Western Illinois

Indiana Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Valparaiso
 * 2) DePauw
 * 3) 1946 Ball State Cardinals football team (4–1–1)
 * 4) Butler
 * 5) Earlham
 * 6) Wabash
 * 7) Central (Indiana) Normal
 * 8) Indiana State
 * 9) Manchester
 * 10) Franklin

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1945 Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties football team
 * 2) St. Thomas
 * 3) Macalester
 * 4) St. Olaf
 * 5) St. John's
 * 6) Concordia (MN)
 * 7) Augsburg
 * 8) St. Mary's (MN)

Additional Midwest independents

 * 1) Superior Teachers
 * 2) Monmouth
 * 3) 1945 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team (5–0–1)
 * 4) 1945 Central Michigan Chippewas football team (6–1)
 * 5) St. John's Mil
 * 6) Northwestern College
 * 7) Hamline
 * 8) Ripon
 * 9) Wright City College
 * 10)  Culver Military
 * 11) 1945 Miami Redskins football team (7–2)
 * 12) Illinois Wesleyan
 * 13) Knox
 * 14) Milwaukee Teachers
 * 15) Lawrence
 * 16) 1945 Western Michigan Broncos football team (4–3)
 * 17) 1945 Bowling Green Falcons football team (4–3)
 * 18) 1945 Cincinnati Bearcats football team (4–4)
 * 19) North Central
 * 20) River Falls Teachers
 * 21) La Crosse Teachers
 * 22) Ohio Wesleyan
 * 23) 1945 Ohio Bobcats football team (3–4)
 * 24) Wheaton
 * 25) Bemidji Teachers
 * 26) Carthage
 * 27) Stout Institute
 * 28) Beloit
 * 29) Eau Claire Teachers
 * 30) Stevens Point Teachers
 * 31) Rio Grande
 * 32) 1945 Wayne Tartars football team (2–5–1)
 * 33) Carroll (WI)
 * 34) Augustana (IL)
 * 35) Concordia Teachers (IL)
 * 36) Alma
 * 37) Albion
 * 38) Whitewater Teachers
 * 39) Oshkosh Teachers
 * 40) Bluffton
 * 41) Elmhurst
 * 42) Hillsdale

The South
(29/54)

Southeastern Conference

 * 1) 1945 All-SEC football team
 * 2) 1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (10–0) (AP No. 2)
 * 3) 1945 Tennessee Volunteers football team (8–1) (AP No. 14)
 * 4) 1945 LSU Tigers football team (7–2) (AP No. 15)
 * 5) 1945 Georgia Bulldogs football team (9–2) (AP No. 18)
 * 6) 1945 Ole Miss Rebels football team (4–5)
 * 7) 1945 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team (4–6)
 * 8) 1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team (6–3)
 * 9) 1945 Auburn Tigers football team (5–5)
 * 10) 1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team (3–6)
 * 11) 1945 Florida Gators football team (4–5–1)
 * 12) 1945 Tulane Green Wave football team (2–6–1)
 * 13) 1945 Kentucky Wildcats football team (2–8)

Southern Conference

 * 1) 1945 All-Southern Conference football team
 * 2) 1945 Duke Blue Devils football team (6–2) (AP No. 13)
 * 3) 1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team (5–3–1) (AP No. 19)
 * 4) 1945 William & Mary Indians football team (6–3)
 * 5) 1945 Clemson Tigers football team (6–3–1)
 * 6) 1945 Maryland Terrapins football team (6–2–1)
 * 7) 1945 VMI Keydets football team (5–4)
 * 8) 1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football team (5–4)
 * 9) 1945 NC State Wolfpack football team (3–6)
 * 10) 1945 VPI Gobblers football team (2–6)
 * 11) 1945 South Carolina Gamecocks football team (2–4–3)
 * 12) 1945 Richmond Spiders football team (2–6)

Major Southern independents

 * 1) 1945 Miami Hurricanes football team (9–1–1)
 * 2) 1945 Navy Midshipmen football team (7–1–1) (AP No. 3)
 * 3) 1945 Virginia Cavaliers football team (7–2)

Additional Southern independents

 * 1) Hinds Junior College
 * 2) Newberry
 * 3) Mars Hill
 * 4) LSU-Monroe
 * 5) 1945 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football team
 * 6) Murray State
 * 7) Marion Institute
 * 8) 1945 Chattanooga Moccasins football team (5–3)
 * 9) Eastern (Kentucky) State
 * 10) 1945 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
 * 11)  Milligan
 * 12) Hampden Sydney
 * 13) Randolph Macon
 * 14) McNeese Junior College
 * 15) Northwestern Louisiana
 * 16) Emory & Henry
 * 17) 1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
 * 18) 1945 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
 * 19) Tennessee Tech
 * 20) Louisiana College
 * 21) Howard College
 * 22) Brevard Junior College

North Carolina State Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) High Point
 * 2) 1945 Catawba Indians football team
 * 3) 1945 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
 * 4) Guilford

Missouri Valley
(14/57)

Big Six

 * 1) 1945 All-Big Six Conference football team
 * 2) 1945 Missouri Tigers football team (6–4)
 * 3) 1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team (5–5)
 * 4) 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team (4–3–1)
 * 5) 1945 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team (4–5)
 * 6) 1945 Kansas Jayhawks football team (4–5–1)
 * 7) 1945 Kansas State Wildcats football team (1–7)

Missouri Valley Conference

 * 1) 1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team (AP No. 5)
 * 2) 1945 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team (AP No. 17)
 * 3) 1945 Wichita Shockers football team
 * 4) 1945 Drake Bulldogs football team
 * 5) 1945 Saint Louis Billikens football team

Iowa Intercollegiate Conference

 * 1) Central (Iowa)
 * 2) Iowa Wesleyan
 * 3)  Wartburg
 * 4) Dubuque
 * 5) Simpson
 * 6) Luther
 * 7) Upper Iowa
 * 8) Parsons

Nebraska College Athletic Conference

 * 1) Nebraska Wesleyan
 * 2) Doane
 * 3) Hastings
 * 4) Midland

Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) Springfield Teachers
 * 2) Kirksville Teachers
 * 3) Warrensburg Teachers
 * 4) Maryville Teachers
 * 5) Missouri Mines

Missouri Valley independents

 * 1) Minot Teachers
 * 2) Kearney Teachers (NE)
 * 3) Wayne Teachers (NE)
 * 4) Cornell College
 * 5) Peru Teachers (NE)
 * 6) Ada Teachers (OK)
 * 7) Loras
 * 8) Dakota Wesleyan
 * 9) Washburn
 * 10) Jamestown
 * 11) Iowa State Teachers
 * 12) Morningside
 * 13)  Pittburg Teachers (KS)
 * 14) Coe
 * 15) North Dakota Science
 * 16) Yankton
 * 17) Dickinson Teachers (ND)
 * 18) 1945 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
 * 19) North Dakota N&I
 * 20) 1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
 * 21) 1945 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
 * 22) Rockhurst
 * 23) Augustana (SD)
 * 24) Grinnell
 * 25) Northeast Oklahoma Aggie
 * 26) Chadron Teachers (NE)
 * 27) Aberdeen Teachers (SD)
 * 28) 1945 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Southwest
(12/22)

Southwest Conference

 * 1) 1945 All-Southwest Conference football team
 * 2) 1945 Texas Longhorns football team (AP No. 10)
 * 3) 1945 SMU Mustangs football team
 * 4) 1945 Rice Owls football team
 * 5) 1945 Texas A&M Aggies football team
 * 6) 1945 TCU Horned Frogs football team
 * 7) 1945 Baylor Bears football team
 * 8) 1945 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

Border Conference

 * 1) 1945 Arizona Wildcats football team
 * 2) 1945 New Mexico Lobos football team
 * 3) 1945 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
 * 4) 1945 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team
 * 5) 1946 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

Southwest independents

 * 1) 1945 Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football team
 * 2) Hender. Teachers (AR)
 * 3) Jonesboro State (AR)
 * 4) 1945 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football team
 * 5) Ouachita
 * 6) Southwestern University
 * 7) John Tarleton Agricultural
 * 8) Conway Teachers (AR)
 * 9) Eastern New Mexico

Rocky Mountain
(5/7)

Mountain States Conference

 * 1) 1945 Denver Pioneers football team
 * 2) 1945 Colorado Buffaloes football team
 * 3) 1945 Utah Redskins football team
 * 4) 1945 Utah State Aggies football team
 * 5) 1945 Colorado A&M Aggies football team

Rocky Mountain Conference

 * 1) Colorado College
 * 2) Colorado State–Greeley

Pacific Coast
(16/41)

Pacific Coast Conference

 * 1) 1945 All-Pacific Coast football team
 * 2) 1945 USC Trojans football team (AP No. 11)
 * 3) 1945 Washington State Cougars football team
 * 4) 1945 Washington Huskies football team
 * 5) 1945 Oregon State Beavers football team
 * 6) 1945 UCLA Bruins football team
 * 7) 1945 California Golden Bears football team
 * 8) 1945 Oregon Webfoots football team
 * 9) 1945 Idaho Vandals football team
 * 10) 1945 Montana Grizzlies football team

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1945 Redlands Bulldogs football team
 * 2) Caltech
 * 3) Occidental
 * 4) Pomona

Northern California Junior College Conference

 * 1) Santa Rosa Junior College
 * 2) Placer Junior College
 * 3) Menlo Junior College
 * 4) Martin Junior College

Pacific Coast independents

 * 1) 1945 Saint Mary's Gaels football team (AP No. 7)
 * 2) Santa Ana Junior College
 * 3) Compton College
 * 4) Modesto Junior College
 * 5) Long Beach Junior College
 * 6) 1945 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
 * 7) Los Angeles City College
 * 8) San Francisco Junior College
 * 9) 1945 San Jose State Spartans football team
 * 10) 1945 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
 * 11) Riverside Junior College
 * 12) Pasadena Junior College
 * 13) Santa Monica Junior College
 * 14) Chaffey Junior College
 * 15) Fullerton Junior College
 * 16) 1945 San Diego State Aztecs football team
 * 17) Sacramento Junior College
 * 18) 1945 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
 * 19) Glendale Junior College
 * 20) San Bernardino Junior College
 * 21) Salinas Junior College
 * 22) 1945 Pacific Tigers football team
 * 23) 1945 San Francisco State Gators football team

HBCUs
(3/44)

Southwestern Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1945 Wiley Wildcats football team
 * 2) 1945 Southern Jaguars football team
 * 3) 1945 Texas College Steers football team
 * 4) Langston
 * 5) Sam Huston
 * 6) 1945 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
 * 7) Arkansas AM&N

Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association

 * 1) 1945 Virginia State Trojans football team
 * 2) 1945 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team
 * 3) 1945 North Carolina College Eagles football team
 * 4) 1945 Morgan State Bears football team
 * 5) Virginia Union
 * 6) 1945 Howard Bison football team
 * 7) Johnson C. Smith
 * 8) 1945 Delaware State Hornets football team
 * 9) 1945 Lincoln Lions football team
 * 10) North Carolina A&T
 * 11) Hampton Institute
 * 12) Bluefield State
 * 13) Shaw

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

 * 1) 1945 Florida A&M Rattlers football team
 * 2) 1945 Allen Yellow Jackets football team
 * 3) Clark
 * 4) Morris Brown
 * 5) 1945 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team
 * 6) Knoxville
 * 7) Alabama State Teachers
 * 8) Morehouse

Midwestern Association

 * 1) 1945 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
 * 2) 1945 Wilberforce Green Wave football team
 * 3) 1945 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
 * 4) 1945 Lincoln Blue Tigers football team

Independents

 * 1) Florida N&I
 * 2) Lane
 * 3) Bethune-Cookman
 * 4) Alabama A&M
 * 5) Morris
 * 6) Swift Junior College
 * 7) Tillotson
 * 8) Paine
 * 9) Philander Smith
 * 10) Winston-Salem Teachers
 * 11) Benedict
 * 12) Alcorn A&M

Military service teams

 * 1) 1945 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team
 * 2) 1945 Keesler Field Fliers football team
 * 3) 1945 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team