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1945 Columbia

8–⁠1, coached by Lou Little, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1945, game by game: won vs. Lafayette 40–14; won vs. Syracuse 32–0; won vs. Yale 27–13; won vs. Colgate 31–7; won vs. Brown 27–6; won vs. Cornell 34–26; lost at No. 9 Pennsylvania 7–32; won at Princeton 32–7; won vs. Dartmouth 21–0+32−25Won 40–14 vs. Lafayette+26LafayetteWon 32–0 vs. Syracuse+32SyracuseWon 27–13 vs. Yale+14YaleWon 31–7 vs. Colgate+24ColgateWon 27–6 vs. Brown+21BrownWon 34–26 vs. Cornell+8CornellLost 7–32 at No. 9 Pennsylvania-25No. 9 PennsylvaniaWon 32–7 at Princeton+25PrincetonWon 21–0 vs. Dartmouth+21Dartmouth
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsLafayetteW 40–⁠1473%
Oct 6vsSyracuseW 32–⁠051%
Oct 13vsYaleW 27–⁠1368%
Oct 20vsColgateW 31–⁠751%
Oct 27vsBrownW 27–⁠658%
Nov 3vsCornellW 34–⁠2674%
Nov 10at9PennsylvaniaL 7–⁠3227%
Nov 17atPrincetonW 32–⁠753%
Nov 24vsDartmouthW 21–⁠069%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Dartmouth 21–⁠0; No. 20 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 17
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 4: 12
  4. Wk 5: 10
  5. Wk 8: 19
  6. Final: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1945.

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
No. 20 peak No. 10
Points
251–⁠105
Coach
Lou Little
Elo
1502 +167 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
9.0 No. 27 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Offense
Single-wing