1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–5 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainBill Voris, Bill Walker
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1944
1946  →
1945 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Duke $ 4 –0 –06 –2 –0
No. 19 Wake Forest 4 –1 –15 –3 –1
William & Mary 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –1 –16 –3 –1
Maryland 3 –2 –06 –2 –1
VMI 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
North Carolina 2 –2 –05 –4 –0
NC State 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
VPI 2 –5 –02 –6 –0
South Carolina 0 –3 –22 –4 –3
Richmond 0 –4 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1945 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by third-year head coach Carl Snavely, his first at UNC since 1935 (he coached at Cornell from 1936 to 1944). North Carolina played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium and competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

Coaching staff, from left to right: Head Coach Carl Snavely, Max Reed, Russ Murphy, and Chief Gill 1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football coaching staff.png
Coaching staff, from left to right: Head Coach Carl Snavely, Max Reed, Russ Murphy, and Chief Gill

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 222:00 p.m.at Camp Lee *
W 6–010,000–12,000 [1] [2] [3] [4]
September 292:30 p.m. [5] Georgia Tech *
L 14–2022,000 [6]
October 62:30 p.m. [7] vs. VPI
W 14–06,000 [8] [9] [10]
October 132:00 p.m. [11] at No. 11 Penn *
L 0–4955,000 [12]
October 202:30 p.m Cherry Point Marines *
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 20–147,000 [13] [14] [15]
November 33:30 p.m. [16] at Tennessee *
L 6–2015,000 [17] [18]
November 102:00 p.m. [19] vs. William & Mary
W 6–010,000 [20]
November 172:00 p.m. [21] Wake Forest
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
L 13–1420,000 [22]
November 242:30 p.m. [23] at No. 15 Duke
L 7–1444,000 [24]
December 12:00 p.m. [25] No. 20 Virginia *
W 27–1812,000–15,000 [26] [27]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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