1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1945 Purdue Boilermakers football
1945 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–3 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Cecil Isbell (2nd season);
MVP	Ned Maloney
Captain	Ed Cody
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

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.^[1]^[2]

1945 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Indiana $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Michigan	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Illinois	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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).^[3]^[4] Cody ranked fifth nationally with 847 rushing yards, and DeMoss ranked sixth with 742 passing yards.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Marquette*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 14–13	11,000
September 29	at Great Lakes Navy*		Naval Station Great Lakes North Chicago, IL	W 20–6	22,000
October 6	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 13–7	30,000
October 13	Iowa	No. 15	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 40–0	20,000
October 20	at No. 4 Ohio State	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 35–13	73,585
October 27	at Northwestern	No. 4	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–26	42,000
November 3	Pittsburgh*	No. 13	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–0	15,000	^[6]
November 10	Miami (OH)*	No. 12	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 21–7	12,000	^[7]
November 17	at No. T–14 Michigan	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–27	48,528
November 24	at No. 4 Indiana	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–26	27,000–28,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	15	9	4	13	12	11	18	—	—

1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`87`	Bob DeMoss	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
^ "1945 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ "All-Big Ten Grid Team Selected". The Decatur Herald. Associated Press. November 27, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Walter Byers (November 26, 1945). "Indiana and Ohio State Each Get Three Men on United Press All Star Big Ten Team". The Daily Register (Harrisburg,Illinois). p. 5.
^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1946). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1946. A.S. Barnes and Company. pp. 34–35.
^ Graham, Gordon (November 5, 1945). "Boilermakers Grab Sixth of Year in Rather Drab Affair". p. 9. Retrieved September 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dale Burgess (November 11, 1945). "Purdue 21-7 Victor: Miama Eleven Bit Tough for Boilermakers". The Muncie Star. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 85. Retrieved January 29, 2023.