1945 United Press Indiana High School Football Poll:
(Nov. 13, 1945)
The eighth and final U.P. "Big 10" statewide
rankings:
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1. E. Chicago Roosevelt (9-0) #
2: Evansville Central (8-0) *
3: South Bend Riley (8-1)
4: Muncie Central (8-0-1)
5: South Bend Washington (5-3-1)
6: Evansville Memorial (7-1)
*
7: South Bend Central (6-2-1) #
8: Linton (8-0-1)
9: Evansville Reitz (7-1) *
10: Gary Emerson (6-1-2)
Well regarded: Whiting (4-2-2); Gary Wallace (5-3), Terre Haute Wiley
(5-1); Mishawaka (6-3); New Castle (7-1-1); Indianapolis Cathedral (7-1); E.
Chicago Washington (5-4); Columbia City (7-0). # Roosevelt defeated South Bend Central 23-0
in NIHSC playoff on Nov.16. Roosevelt finished 10-0 and SB Central
6-3-1. * Evansville Central finished 8-1; Evansville
Memorial finished 8-1; and Reitz finished 8-1.
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| Fort Wayne City Series |
Week 1 Results (Sep 6-8, 1945) -------------------- EC Roosevelt 18, Gary Toleston 0 (Sep 06 at) SB Riley 13, Gary Wallace 6 (Sep 07 at Gleason Field) Gary Froebel 6, Hobart 0 (Sep 07 at Brickie Bowl) SB Central 7, EC Washington 0 (Sep 07 at School Field) Valparaiso 7, Crown Point 0 (Sep 07 at Unknown) Evansville Memorial 13, Gary Emerson 6 (Sep 07 at) Elkhart 45, FW North Side 13 (Sep 07 at Unknown) LaPorte 26, SB Catholic 6 (Sep 07 at) Griffith 19, Lowell 12 (Sep 07 at) Bluffton 19, Decatur 6 (Sep 07 at) Ft. Wayne Central 20, Goshen 0 (Sep 07 at) Whiting 27, Hammond Cent. Cath. 0 (Sep 07 at) Mishawaka 18, SB Adams 7 (Sep 08 at School Field) Gary Mann 18, Gary Roosevelt 6 (Sep 08 at Gleason Field)
Week 2 Results (Sep 14-15, 1945) -------------------- SB Washington 13, Whiting 13 (Sep 14 at) SB Riley 21, Mishawaka 6 (Sep 14 at School Field) Goshen 13, SB Catholic 6 (Sep 14 at Goshen) LaPorte 33, Hobart 7 (Sep 14 at LaPorte) FW South Side 19, FW North Side 6 (Sep 14 at) Plymouth 14, Warsaw 12 (Sep 14 at Plymouth) Hammond Tech 18, Thornton Fractional 6 (Sep 14 at) Gary Emerson 26, Hammond Clark 0 (Sep 14 at) Elkhart 26, Chicago Vocational 0 (Sep 14 at) Muncie Central 19, Ft. Wayne Central 13 (Sep 14 at) Gary Mann 19, Gary Froebel 0 (Sep 15 at Gleason Field) EC Roosevelt 12, Gary Wallace 7 (Sep 15 at) SB Central 39, SB Adams 0 (Sep 15 at School Field) Griffith 6, Valparaiso 0 (Sep 15 at) Plymouth 34, Monticello 7 (Sep 15 at) Lowell 12, Crown Point 0 (Sep 15 at)
Week 3 Results (Sep 20-22, 1945) -------------------- Gary Toleston 7, Gary Roosevelt 0 (Sep 20 at Gleason Field) Gary Emerson 0, Whiting 0 (Sep 21 at Whiting) EC Roosevelt 33, Hammond 0 (Sep 21 at Unknown) EC Washington 8, Elkhart 0 (Sep 21 at Elkhart) Hammond Tech 32, Valparaiso 7 (Sep 21 at) Hobart 0, Lowell 0 (Sep 21 at) SB Riley 6, LaPorte 2 (Sep 21 at) SB Adams 7, Goshen 7 (Sep 21 at Goshen) Thornton Fractional 13, Griffith 6 (Sep 21 at) Mishawaka 31, FW North Side 19 (Sep 21 at) Hammond Cent. Cath. 19, Crown Point 6 (Sep 21 at) SB Catholic 0, Niles (MI) 0 (Sep 21 at) Benton Harbor (MI) 0, Michigan City 0 (Sep 21 at Unknown) FW South Side 32, Bluffton 0 (Sep 21 at) Auburn 60, Decatur 0 (Sep 21 at) Gary Wallace 26, Gary Froebel 0 (Sep 22 at)
Week 4 Results (Sep 26-29. 1945) -------------------- Gary Roosevelt 18, SB Catholic 0 (Sep 26 at) Whiting 21, Valparaiso 0 (Sep 27 at Whiting) Auburn 44, Bluffton 0 (Sep 28 at) Portland 53, Decatur 0 (Sep 28 at) SB Riley 41, SB Adams 6 (Sep 28 at School Field) SB Washington 7, Mishawaka 0 (Sep 28 at Tupper Field) LaPorte 12, Elkhart 7 (Sep 28 at Rice Field) Louisville Male 13, SB Central 12 (Sep 28 at Louisville) Gary Wallace 26, Gary Emerson 19 (Sep 29 at Gleason Field) Gary Toleston 20, Crown Point 6 (Sep 28 at Crown Point) EC Washington 6, Hammond 0 (Sep 28 at) Blue Island (IL) 34, Griffith 0 (Sep 29 at) EC Roosevelt 45, Gary Mann 6 (Oct 01 at Gleason Field) Hammond Tech 6, Hammond Clark 0 (Oct 01 at) Rensselaer 7, Hobart 6 (Oct 01 at) Goshen 12, SB Central Catholic 6 (Oct 01 at) FW North Side 6, FW Central Catholic 0 (Oct 02 at)
Week 5 Results (Oct 5-6, 1945) -------------------- Mishawaka 25, Goshen 13 (Oct 05 at Tupper Field) SB Central 27, Proviso (IL) 6 (Oct 05 at School Field) Auburn 63, Hartford City 0 (Oct 05 at) Ft. Wayne Central 20, FW North Side 6 (Oct 05 at) Columbia City 25, Bluffton 0 (Oct 05 at) Lowell 13, Rensselaer 13 (Oct 05 at) Griffith 8, Gary Roosevelt 7 (Oct 05 at) Hobart 26, Crown Point 0 (Oct 05 at) EC Washington 24, Hammond Clark 0 (Oct 05 at) Gary Mann 19, Valparaiso 0 (Oct 05 at Unknown) Gary Wallace 20, Whiting 19 (Oct 05 at) Gary Emerson 21, Hammond 0 (Oct 05 at) EC Roosevelt 48, Evansville Bosse 6 (Oct 05 at Evansville) SB Washington 25, SB Adams 0 (Oct 06 at School Field) Hammond Tech 13, Gary Toleston 0 (Oct 06 at)
Week 6 Results (Oct 12-13, 1945) -------------------- Griffith 12, Hobart 7 (Oct 12 at) Lowell 36, Monticello 0 (Oct 12 at) Rensselaer 6, Crown Point 0 (Oct 12 at) Gary Emerson 14, EC Washington 13 (Oct 12 at) Gary Mann 26, Gary Toleston 0 (Oct 12 at) Hammond Tech 20, Gary Froebel 0 (Oct 12 at) Hammond 13, Valparaiso 0 (Oct 12 at) EC Roosevelt 35, Hammond Clark 0 (Oct 12 at) SB Central 40, Michigan City 6 (Oct 12 at) LaPorte 25, Goshen 0 (Oct 12 at) Mishawaka 19, Elkhart 6 (Oct 12 at) SB Adams 25, Plymouth 7 (Oct 12 at) Evansville Central 19, Gary Wallace 13 (Oct 13 at) SB Riley 6, SB Washington 0 (Oct 13 at School Field) New Haven 12, Decatur 0 (Oct 13 at)
Week 7 Results (Oct 17-20, 1945) -------------------- Hobart 18, Gary Toleston 0 (Oct 17 at) Gary Emerson 20, Gary Froebel 0 (Oct 18 at) SB Washington 19, LaPorte 14 (Oct 19 at) SB Riley 33, FW North Side 6 (Oct 19 at) SB Adams 13, Elkhart 7 (Oct 19 at School Field) Michigan City 18, SB Central Catholic 13 (Oct 19 at) Lowell 21, Crown Point 0 (Oct 19 at) Whiting 33, Hammond 6 (Oct 19 at) Gary Wallace 37, Gary Mann 27 (Oct 19 at) Gary Wirt 8, Griffith 7 (Oct 19 at) Auburn 42, New Haven 7 (Oct 19 at) Bluffton 26, Decatur 26 (Oct 19 at) Hammond Tech 28, Hammond Cent. Cath. 6 (Oct 19 at) Thornton Fractional 19, Hammond Clark 0 (Oct 19 at) Joliet Twp. 34, Gary Roosevelt 18 (Oct 19 at) EC Washington 51, Valparaiso 6 (Oct 20 at) SB Central 39, Mishawaka 13 (Oct 20 at ND Stadium) Gary Emerson 13, Gary Roosevelt 0 (Oct 20 at)
Week 8 Results (Oct 24-27, 1945) -------------------- SB Washington 13, SB Central 13 (Oct 24 at School Field) Valparaiso 10, Hobart 7 (Oct 24 at) Columbia City 32, Warsaw 6 (Oct 24 at) Auburn 30, Garrett 0 (Oct 24 at) Huntington 13, Bluffton 0 (Oct 24 at) Gary Wallace 28, Gary Toleston 6 (Oct 25 at) EC Roosevelt 27, Whiting 0 (Oct 26 at) EC Washington 27, Gary Froebel 0 (Oct 26 at) Hammond 20, Hammond Clark 7 (Oct 26 at) LaPorte 33, SB Adams 14 (Oct 27 at School Field) Goshen 13, Elkhart 12 (Oct 26 at) SB Riley 33, Michigan City 6 (Oct 26 at) Mishawaka 25, Detriot Cent. Cath. 7 (Oct 26 at) Hammond Tech 0, Gary Mann 0 (Oct 27 at) Lowell 52, Crete (IL) 0 (Oct 26 at) Griffith 13, Crown Point 6 (Oct 26 at) Lowell 13, St. Joe (Rensselaer) 7 (Oct 28 at)
Week 9 Results (Nov 2-3, 1945) -------------------- SB Central 7, SB Riley 6 (Nov 02 at School Field) SB Washington 25, Elkhart 12 (Nov 02 at Rice Field) SB Adams 19, Michigan City 0 (Nov 02 at) Mishawaka 41, LaPorte 0 (Nov 02 at) Lansing East 16, Goshen 0 (Nov 02 at) EC Roosevelt 40, Hammond Tech 7 (Nov 02 at) Gary Wallace 42, Hammond 7 (Nov 02 at) Whiting 13, EC Washington 7 (Nov 02 at) Hammond Clark 18, Gary Toleston 0 (Nov 02 at) Lowell 26, Hammond Cent. Cath. 6 (Nov 02 at) Griffith 19, SB Catholic 0 (Nov 02 at) Gary Emerson 27, Gary Mann 0 (Nov 03 at) Hobart 20, Valparaiso 0 (Nov 03 at)
Week 10 Results (Nov 9-10, 1945) -------------------- LaPorte 25, Michigan City 6 (Nov 09 at Ames Field) Evansville Memorial 6, SB Central 0 (Nov 09 at) SB Riley 23, Terre Haute Garfield 7 (Nov 09 at) SB Washington 0, Muncie Central 0 (Nov 09 at) EC Roosevelt 19, EC Washington 6 (Nov 09 at) Hammond Tech 21, Hammond 7 (Nov 09 at) Whiting 18, Hammond Clark 0 (Nov 09 at) Valparaiso 12, Gary Toleston 6 (Nov 09 at) Ft. Wayne North 14, Ft. Wayne Central Catholic 0 (Nov 09 at) Ft. Wayne Central 29, Ft. Wayne South 20 (Nov 10)
Week 11 Results (Nov 16, 1945) -------------------- Northern Indiana Conference Playoff: EC Roosevelt 23, SB Central 0 (Nov 16 at School Field)