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Merchant Marine

FBSI · 1945 Season · Final

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

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
3
1945–1947
All-Time Record
11–19
0.367 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#42
1945
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 0 · Top 25: 0
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 3 seasons

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

1945 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 2RENSSELAERUnranked—W 26–19
7Week 7 · Oct 9URSINUSUnranked—W 12–0
8Week 8 · Oct 16Maryland (MARYLAND)H2HIND SOCON6–2–1L 6–22
9Week 9 · Oct 23Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)H2HIND FBSI1–7–1W 26–7
10Week 10 · Oct 30Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2HIND FBSI3–4W 33–20
12Week 12 · Nov 13Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND FBSI5–3L 7–28
13Week 13 · Nov 20William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)H2HIND SOCON6–3L 7–25
14Week 14 · Nov 27BROOKLYNUnranked—W 58–6

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
3.275
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-4
-8+4
  • Boston College +3
  • Lafayette +1
  • Maryland -2
  • Harvard -3
  • William & Mary -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 #42Better than 70%
Win % Place 33rdBetter than 77%

0.625 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#48W12#56W13#45W14#43Regular Season Final#42Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+7
+12
-16
+19
+13
-21
-18
+52

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

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