1945 Utah Redskins football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record4–4 (3–2 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
1945 Mountain States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Denver $ 4 1 04 5 1
Colorado 3 1 05 3 0
Utah 3 2 04 4 0
Utah State 1 3 04 3 0
Colorado A&M 0 4 02 5 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1945 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1945 college football season. In their 21st season under head coach Ike Armstrong, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 4–4 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, placing third in the MSC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Nevada*L 14–33[1]
October 6at ColoradoL 13–18
October 12at DenverL 7–2113,602[2]
October 20No. 15 Oklahoma A&M*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 6–46
October 27at Colorado A&MW 28–0
November 3Denverdagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 33–2111,126[3]
November 10at New Mexico*W 21–207,000[4]
November 22Utah State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 24–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5][6]

After the season

NFL draft

Utah had five players selected in the 1946 NFL draft.[7]

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL team
Gay AdeltBack539Washington Redskins
Reed NostrumTackle13114Chicago Bears
Stan StapleyTackle15135New York Giants
Lawrence MaussCenter19177Philadelphia Eagles
Tom PanosGuard30287Detroit Lions

References

  1. "Nevada Wolves Win 33-14 Decision Over Utah Indians". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. September 30, 1945. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Denver University Tips Utes, 21-7". Salt Lake Tribune. October 13, 1946. p. 20 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Redskins Roll Over Denver, 33 to 21". Salt Lake Tribune. November 4, 1945. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Utah Passing Ace Outguesses Lobo Defense". Albuquerque Journal. November 11, 1945. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  6. "Coaching Records Game by Game Ike J. Armstrong 1945". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  7. "1946 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
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