1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team

1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football
1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	1–4–1 ( NCC)
Head coach	Robert A. Lowe (2nd season);
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
	Seasons ← 1942 1946 →

The 1945 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1945 college football season. In its second season under head coach Robert A. Lowe, the team compiled a 1–4–1 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	at Bemidji State*	Bemidji, MN	L 0–6	^[2]
October 5	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers*	Osborne Stadium Winnipeg, MB	L 0–27	^[3]
October 13	Concordia–Moorhead*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	T 0–0	^[4]
October 20	at North Dakota	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 12–20	^[5]
October 27	North Dakota	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 26–7
November 3	at Hamline*	Norton Field Saint Paul, MN	L 0–43	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "2013 Bison Football Media Guide" (PDF). North Dakota State University. p. 157. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^ "Sid Nelson stars". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. September 29, 1945. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison beaten by Canadian eleven". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 6, 1945. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cobbers, Bison deadlock, 0–0". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 14, 1945. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sioux topple Nodaks 20–12". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 21, 1945. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amazing Pipers whip N.D. State, 43 to 0". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. November 4, 1945. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota: Nickel Trophy South Dakota State: Dakota Marker
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold