1945 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1945 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Head coach
CaptainPaul Duke
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 15 LSU 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Auburn 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Tulane 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1945 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1945 college football season. In their first year under head coach Bobby Dodd, the Yellow Jackets complied an overall record of 4–6, with a conference record of 2–2, and finished sixth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at North Carolina*
W 20–1425,000[2]
October 6Notre Dame*
L 7–4030,157[3]
October 13
Howard (AL)*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 43–015,000[4]
October 20at No. 2
Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
    		• L 6–2054,875[5]
    October 27Auburn
    		W 20–730,000[6]
    November 3No. 18 Duke*
    • Grant Field
    • Atlanta, GA
    		L 6–1430,000[7]
    November 10at Tulane
    		W 41–730,000[8]
    November 17LSU
    • Grant Field
    • Atlanta, GA
    		L 7–928,000[9]
    November 24Clemson*
    		L 7–2120,000[10]
    December 1Georgia
    		L 0–3330,000[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1945 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
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