1945 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1944
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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

The 1945 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1945 college football season.

In their second season under head coach John J. Weinheimer, the Violets compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored 125–89.[1]

The team played its home games at Ohio Field on NYU's University Heights campus in The Bronx borough of New York City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5 at Temple
L 0–59 15,000 [2]
October 12 at Boston College
L 0–28 5,000 [3]
October 20 CCNY
W 47–0 7,000 [4]
October 27 Brooklyn
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–6 7,000 [5]
November 3 Rochester
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 3–19 4,000 [6]
November 10 Lehigh
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 19–0 4,000 [7]
November 17 at Rutgers
L 7–13 10,000 [8]

References

  1. ^ "1945 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Littlehales, Hank (October 6, 1945). "Temple Jars N.Y.U. for 2d Straight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Webb, Melville (October 13, 1945). "Carney Gets Three Touchdowns, One of 75 Yards, as B.C. Wins, 28-0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Conrad, Harold (November 19, 1944). "NYU Trounces CCNY for First Victory, 47-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Turkin, Hy (October 28, 1945). "NYU Nips Brooklyn C., 13-6; Players Battle". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Young, Dick (November 4, 1945). "Rochester Rips NYU, 19-3, in Weird Battle". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 11, 1945). "N.Y.U. Turns Back Lehigh Squad, 19-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ McCoy, Gordon (November 18, 1945). "Rutgers Finishes Season with 13-7 Win over N.Y.U." The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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