1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team
| 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 4–3–1 (2–2–1 Big 6) |
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| Captain | None |
| Home stadium | Clyde Williams Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1945 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Mike Michalske, the Cyclones compiled a 4–3–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 156 to 97.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.
There was no team captain selected for the 1945 season.[2] Four Iowa State players were selected as a first-team all-conference players: guard Jack Fathauer, backs Dick Howard and Gene Phelps, and center Jim Riding.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | 2:00 pm | at Northwestern* | L 6–18 | 34,725 | ||
| September 29 | 2:00 pm | Iowa State Teachers* | W 48–13 | 4,940 | ||
| October 6 | 2:00 pm | at Kansas | T 13–13 | 5,000 | [4] | |
| October 13 | 2:00 pm | Missouri |
| L 7–13 | 8,157 | |
| October 20 | 2:00 pm | Nebraska |
| W 27–7 | 11,699 | |
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | Kansas State |
| W 40–13 | 5,572 | |
| November 10 | 2:30 pm | at Oklahoma | L 7–14 | 13,163 | ||
| November 17 | 2:00 pm | at Drake* | W 8–6 | 8,442 | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1945 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 138.
- ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
- ^ Gordon Gammack (October 7, 1945). "State Ties: Last-Second Kansas Rush Halted, 13-13". The Des Moines Tribune – via Newspapers.com.