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1945 Lafayette

1–⁠7–⁠1.

Schedule and results

Lafayette in 1945, game by game: lost at Columbia 14–40; tied at Princeton 7–7; lost at Colgate 0–47; lost vs. Merchant Marine 7–26; lost vs. Bucknell 2–26; lost at Temple 0–20; lost vs. Rutgers 14–32; lost vs. Atlantic City NAS 7–12; won at Lehigh 7–0+7−47Lost 14–40 at Columbia-26ColumbiaTied 7–7 at Princeton0PrincetonLost 0–47 at Colgate-47ColgateLost 7–26 vs. Merchant Marine-19Merchant MarineLost 2–26 vs. Bucknell-24BucknellLost 0–20 at Temple-20TempleLost 14–32 vs. Rutgers-18RutgersLost 7–12 vs. Atlantic City NAS-5Atlantic City N…Won 7–0 at Lehigh+7Lehigh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29atColumbiaL 14–⁠4027%
Oct 6atPrincetonT 7–⁠723%
Oct 13atColgateL 0–⁠4716%
Oct 20vsMerchant MarineL 7–⁠2622%
Oct 27vsBucknellL 2–⁠2634%
Nov 3atTempleL 0–⁠208%
Nov 10vsRutgersL 14–⁠3260%
Nov 17vsAtlantic City NASL 7–⁠1241%
Nov 24atLehighW 7–⁠047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Lehigh 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠1 2nd in the Middle Three Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
58–⁠210
Coach
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Elo
1131 −87 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−27.0 No. 98 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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