1945 Temple Owls football team

Summary

The 1945 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 198 to 51.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1945 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28SyracuseW 7–6 15,000 [2]
October 5NYU
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 59–0 15,000 [3]
October 12Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 64–0 17,000 [4]
October 19West Virginia
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–12 19,000 [5]
October 27at PittsburghW 6–0 12,000 [6]
November 3Lafayette 
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0 12,000 [7]
November 10at Penn StateL 0–27 16,000 [8]
November 17at No. 10 Holy CrossW 14–6 25,000 [9]
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References edit

  1. ^ "1945 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (September 29, 1945). "15,000 See Temple Rally to Defeat Syracuse, 7-6; Wilson Kicks Point After Zawoiski Tallies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Littlehales, Hank (October 6, 1945). "Temple Jars N.Y.U. for 2d Straight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1945). "Temple Trounces Bucknell, 64-0: 3d in Row for Owls; Burns Runs 83 Yards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Temple Rallies to Stay Unbeaten". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. United Press. October 20, 1945. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 28, 1945). "Pitt Loses, 6-0; Fumble by Panther in First Quarter Leads to Touchdown". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 4, 1945). "Temple Gains Sixth, 20-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Shriver, Tom (November 11, 1945). "Penn State Cuts Loose with 27-0 Win over Temple". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 18, 1945). "Temple Upsets Holy Cross, 14-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.