1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1945
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 7–3
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = Cecil Isbell
| hc_year = 2nd
| mvp = Ned Maloney
| captain = Ed Cody
| stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
}}
{{1945 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1945 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second season under head coach Cecil Isbell, the Boilermakers compiled a 7–3 record (3–3 against Big Ten opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 198 to 125.{{cite web|title=1945 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1945-schedule.html}}
Three Purdue players received honors from the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) on the 1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Ed Cody at halfback (AP-1, UP-1); Tom Hughes at tackle (UP-1); and Bob DeMoss at halfback (UP-2).{{cite news|title=All-Big Ten Grid Team Selected|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10548663/allbig_ten_grid_team_selected/|accessdate=April 26, 2017|work=The Decatur Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=November 27, 1945|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|author=Walter Byers|title=Indiana and Ohio State Each Get Three Men on United Press All Star Big Ten Team|newspaper=The Daily Register (Harrisburg,Illinois)|date=November 26, 1945|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/7380395/?terms=morris%2Bpihos%2Btaliaferro%2Bcline}} Cody ranked fifth nationally with 847 rushing yards, and DeMoss ranked sixth with 742 passing yards.{{cite book|title=The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1946|publisher=A.S. Barnes and Company|editor=W.J. Bingham|year=1946|pages=34–35}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1945
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Marquette
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 14–13
| attend = 11,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Great Lakes Navy
| site_stadium = Naval Station Great Lakes
| site_cityst = North Chicago, IL
| score = 20–6
| attend = 22,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 13–7
| attend = 30,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| rank = 15
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 40–0
| attend = 20,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 35–13
| attend = 73,585
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 4
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 14–26
| attend = 42,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 13
| opponent = Pittsburgh
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 28–0
| attend = 15,000
| source = {{cite news|last=Graham|first=Gordon|title=Boilermakers Grab Sixth of Year in Rather Drab Affair|date=November 5, 1945|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-and-courier-boilermakers-grab-si/131221698/|access-date=September 4, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 21–7
| attend = 12,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Purdue 21-7 Victor: Miama Eleven Bit Tough for Boilermakers|newspaper=The Muncie Star|author=Dale Burgess|date=November 11, 1945|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94707833/purdue-21-7-victor-miama-eleven-bit/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = Michigan
| opprank = T–14
| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium
| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI
| score = 13–27
| attend = 48,528
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 18
| opponent = Indiana
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 0–26
| attend = 27,000–28,000
}}
}}
Rankings
{{see also|1945 college football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = AP
| poll1firstweek = 1
| poll1lastweek = 9
| poll1_1=15
| poll1_2=9
| poll1_3=4
| poll1_4=13
| poll1_5=12
| poll1_6=11
| poll1_7=18
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
}}
Game summaries
=Marquette=
- David Shaw 15 rushes, 116 yards
=Iowa=
- Bill Canfield 13 rushes, 131 yards
=Miami (OH)=
- Bill Canfield 17 rushes, 123 yards
Roster
- Norbert Adams, HB
- Bill Canfield, QB-HB
- Ralph Clymer, G
- Ed Cody, FB
- Marv Crowe, G
- Alan Dale, G
- Bill Deem, G
- Bob DeMoss, QB
- Ernie Dobrzykowski, E
- Paul Gilbert, E
- Bob Heck, E
- Harold Holz, G
- Bill Horvath, G-E
- Tom Hughes, T
- Joe Kodba, C
- Jim Lockwood, C
- Gordon Logan, G
- Wally Lynch, G
- Ned Maloney, E
- George Mihal, FB
- Pat O'Brien, T
- Ewell O'Bryan, T
- Don Schrenk, FB
- Dave Shaw, HB
- Dick Smith, T
- Bob Whitmer, E