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| rdfs:label | - 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team
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| rdfs:comment | - The 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1945 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach was Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a 7-3 record (5-1 Big Ten) and finished the season ranked #6in the final Associated Press Poll. Quarterback Joe Ponsetto was the team captain, and center Harold Watts won the Most Valuable Player award and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player.
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| Date | - 1945-09-15
- 1945-09-22
- 1945-09-29
- 1945-10-06
- 1945-10-13
- 1945-10-27
- 1945-11-03
- 1945-11-10
- 1945-11-17
- 1945-11-24
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| abstract | - The 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1945 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach was Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a 7-3 record (5-1 Big Ten) and finished the season ranked #6in the final Associated Press Poll. Quarterback Joe Ponsetto was the team captain, and center Harold Watts won the Most Valuable Player award and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player. On October 13, 1945, the Wolverines lost, 28-7, to Army at Yankee Stadium in New York. Outmanned by an Army team that was loaded with talent that included 1945 and 1946 Heisman Trophy winners Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, Crisler unveiled a platoon system in which separate groups played offense and defense. According to one account, Crisler developed the two-platoon system "in a bout of desperation." Crisler later recalled, "I reported the plan to the players and told them we might have a lot of fun. At the end of three periods we were tied 7-7 and I knew it couldn't last. I knew sooner or later Army would overpower us. And that's what happened. We lost 28 to 7—but we had a lot of fun." Michigan's three losses during the 1945 season came against teams ranked in the top four in the final AP Poll: #1 Army (28-7 loss at Yankee Stadium), #2 Navy (33-7 loss at Baltimore Stadium), and #4 Indiana (13-7 loss at Michigan Stadium). The Wolverines also defeated three ranked opponents in Illinois, Minnesota, and Ohio State. In their seven victories, the team registered three shutouts and outscored the teams 166 to 25, including margins of 40-0 and 26-0 in rivalry games against Michigan State and Minnesota.
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