1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1945 college football season.

1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1945 record36 (24 SEC)
Head coach
Captain2
List
  • Dick Bostick
  • James Hamilton
Home stadiumDudley Field
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 1 08 1 0
No. 15 LSU 5 2 07 2 0
No. 18 Georgia 4 2 09 2 0
Ole Miss 3 3 04 5 0
Georgia Tech 2 2 04 6 0
Mississippi State 2 3 06 3 0
Auburn 2 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 2 4 03 6 0
Florida 1 3 14 5 1
Tulane 1 3 12 6 1
Kentucky 0 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Tennessee Tech*W 12–0
October 6Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–14
October 13at FloridaW 7–0
October 20Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 19–6
October 27at No. 13 LSUL 7–39
November 3VMI*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–27[1]
November 10Chattanooga*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–13[2]
November 17No. 3 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–71
December 1at No. 17 TennesseeL 0–45[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Vandy bows before fast VMI, 27–13". The Knoxville Journal. November 4, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Chattanooga dunks Vandy 13 to 6 in Dudley Field mud". The Nashville Tennessean. November 11, 1945. Retrieved September 7, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee turns on power; Defeats Vanderbilt, 45–0". The Shreveport Times. December 2, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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