1945 Maine Black Bears football team

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1945 Maine Black Bears football
Conference	New England Conference
Record	0–5 (0–3 New England)
Head coach	William C. Kenyon (3rd season)
Captain	John Day
Home stadium	Alumni Field
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 New England Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Connecticut +	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Rhode Island State +	1	–	0	–	0	2	–	1	–	0
Maine	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1945 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the New England Conference during the 1945 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach William C. Kenyon, the team compiled a 0–5 record (0–3 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 101 to 32. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. John Day was the team captain.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 13	at Rhode Island State	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 7–10		^[2]
October 20	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Memorial Field Storrs, CT	L 12–18	5,000	^[3]^[4]
October 27	Massachusetts State	Orono, ME	L 0–6	4,000	^[5]
November 3	at Massachusetts State	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 13–14		^[6]
November 10	Connecticut	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 0–53		^[7]

References

^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
^ "R.I. State Tops Maine 10-7". The Boston Globe. October 14, 1945. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Walt Trojanowski Leads Connecticut To 18-12 Triumph Over Maine Eleven". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1945. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trojanowski Stars as Connecticut Tops Maine Eleven, 18-12". The Boston Globe. October 21, 1945. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Massachusetts State Gridders Top Maine 6-0". The Hartford Courant. October 28, 1945. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Snyder's Kicks Give Mass. State Edge on Maine Bear, 14-13". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1945. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trojanowski Scores Four Times As Connecticut Triumphs By 53 To 0 Margin". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1945. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Maine Black Bears football
Venues	Alfond Sports Stadium (1947–present) Fitzpatrick Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	1965 Tangerine Bowl New Hampshire: Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket
Culture & lore	Black Bear Sports Network
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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