1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record36 (24 SEC)
Head coach
Captain2
List
  • Dick Bostick
  • James Hamilton
Home stadium Dudley Field
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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1945 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29 Tennessee Tech *W 12–0
October 6 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–14
October 13at Florida W 7–0
October 20 Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 19–6
October 27at No. 13 LSU L 7–39
November 3 VMI *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–27 [1]
November 10 Chattanooga *
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–13 [2]
November 17No. 3 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–71
December 1at No. 17 Tennessee L 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. "Vanderbilt Season Schedule - databaseFootball.com/NCAA". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-17.