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1945 Yale

6–⁠3, coached by Howard Odell.

Schedule and results

Yale in 1945, game by game: won vs. Tufts 27–7; lost vs. Holy Cross 0–21; lost at Columbia 13–27; won vs. Cornell 18–7; won vs. Dartmouth 6–0; lost vs. Brown 7–20; won vs. Coast Guard 41–6; won at Princeton 20–14; won vs. Harvard 28–0+35−21Won 27–7 vs. Tufts+20TuftsLost 0–21 vs. Holy Cross-21Holy CrossLost 13–27 at Columbia-14ColumbiaWon 18–7 vs. Cornell+11CornellWon 6–0 vs. Dartmouth+6DartmouthLost 7–20 vs. Brown-13BrownWon 41–6 vs. Coast Guard+35Coast GuardWon 20–14 at Princeton+6PrincetonWon 28–0 vs. Harvard+28Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsTuftsW 27–⁠772%
Oct 6vsHoly CrossL 0–⁠2126%
Oct 13atColumbiaL 13–⁠2732%
Oct 27vsCornellW 18–⁠749%
Nov 3vsDartmouthW 6–⁠039%
Nov 10vsBrownL 7–⁠2046%
Nov 17vsCoast GuardW 41–⁠663%
Nov 24atPrincetonW 20–⁠1442%
Dec 1vsHarvardW 28–⁠039%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Harvard 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

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
6–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
160–⁠102
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1413 +102 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−1.9 No. 50 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Paul Walker