1945 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1945 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (17th season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field

1945 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its 17th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 128 to 111. The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	Rochester	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 48–0
October 6	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 7–27
October 13	Lafayette	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 47–0
October 20	at No. 17 Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–31
October 27	at No. 15 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–21
November 10	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–20
November 17	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 7–6
November 24	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, Rhode Island	T 6–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game