1945 Auburn Tigers football team

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1945 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Auburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
  1944
1946  
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

The 1945 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1945 college football season. It was the Tigers' 54th overall and 13th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his second year, and played their home games at Auburn Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5 overall, 2–3 in the SEC). [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Howard (AL) *W 38–014,000 [2]
September 288:00 p.m.vs. Eastern Flying Training Command *
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
L 0–712,000 [3] [4] [5] [6]
October 6 Mississippi State L 0–2018,000 [7]
October 20at Tulane W 20–1428,000 [8]
October 27at Georgia Tech L 7–2030,000 [9]
November 3 Florida Dagger-14-plain.pngW 19–010,000 [10]
November 10 Southwestern Louisiana *
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 52–03,500 [11]
November 17vs. Georgia L 0–3520,000 [12]
November 24 Louisiana Tech *
  • Auburn Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 29–03,000 [13]
November 30at Miami (FL) *L 7–3321,601 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Central time

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