The 1945 Boston University Terriers football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

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. The team was lead interim head coach Robert McKelvey until head coach Walt Holmer was discharged from the

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and resumed his coaching duties on November 5, 1945. The team compiled a 0–5 record, was shut out in four of five games, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 3. The season finale against Harvard was so one-sided that head coaches Dick Harlow and Walt Holmer elected to cut 5 minutes from each of the final two quarters.

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