1945 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team

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1945 Michigan State Normal Hurons football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–0–1
Head coach	Elton Rynearson (23rd season)
Captain	Bernard T. Dyer
Home stadium	Briggs Field
Seasons ← 1943 1946 →

1945 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Michigan State Normal		–		5	–	0	–	1
Central Michigan		–		6	–	1	–	0
Miami (OH)		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Detroit		–		6	–	3	–	0
Great Lakes Navy		–		6	–	4	–	1
Michigan State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Akron		–		5	–	4	–	0
Marquette		–		5	–	4	–	1
Bowling Green		–		4	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan		–		4	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	4	–	0
Ohio		–		3	–	4	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan		–		3	–	4	–	0
Carthage		–		2	–	3	–	0
Wayne		–		2	–	5	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1945 college football season. In their 23rd season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled an undefeated record of 5–0–1, shut out five of six opponents, including a scoreless tie with Wayne State, defeated Wayne State, 14-13, in a second game, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 45 to 13. Bernard T. Dyer was the team captain.^[1] The team played its home games at Briggs Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 6	Albion	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	W 6–0
October 13	Hillsdale	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	W 13–0
October 27	at Hillsdale	Hillsdale, MI	W 6–0
November 3	at Albion	Albion, MI	W 6–0
November 9	at Wayne	Detroit	W 14–13
November 16	Wayne	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	T 0–0
Homecoming

References

^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 162, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
^ "Campus Buildings At a Glance: Walter O. Briggs Field". Eastern Michigan University. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

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