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Harvard

FBSI · 1945 Season · Final

Struggling −
Record
5–3
0.625 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
103
1875–1981
All-Time Record
630–259–42
0.699 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1887, 1890
#1 Finishes
2
Top 5: 26 · Top 10: 35 · Top 25: 49
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 18 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons · 8 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 30 seasons · 26 Top 10 · 2× #1

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Harvard head-to-head · History & Eras

1945 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
7Week 7 · Oct 9TUFTSUnranked—L 6–7
8Week 8 · Oct 16ROCHESTERUnranked—W 21–13
9Week 9 · Oct 23NEW LONDON SUBMARINE BASEUnranked—L 7–18
10Week 10 · Oct 30Coast Guard (COAST GUARD)H2HIND FBSI0–7–1W 25–0
12Week 12 · Nov 13Merchant Marine (MERCHANT MARINE)H2HIND FBSI5–3W 28–7
13Week 13 · Nov 20Brown (BROWN)H2HIND FBSI3–4–1W 14–7
14Week 14 · Nov 27BOSTON UNIVERSITYUnranked—W 60–0
13Regular Season Final · Dec 4Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI6–3L 0–28

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
3.694
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+5
-3+8
  • Merchant Marine +5
  • Brown +3
  • Coast Guard 0
  • Yale -3

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #54Better than 61%
Win % Place 33rdBetter than 77%

0.625 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#65W12#57W13#43W14#55Regular Season Final#54Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-1
+8
-11
+25
+21
+7
+60
-28

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#591938#761939#541940#281941#991942

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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