1945 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1945 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record8–1 (3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumShields–Watkins 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 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1945 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1 overall, 3–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Wake Forest*
W 7–615,000[1]
October 6
William & Mary*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 48–1315,000[2]
October 13Chattanooga*No. 18
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 30–0[3]
October 20at No. 6 Alabama
L 7–2528,000[4]
October 27Villanova*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 33–215,000[5]
November 3North Carolina*
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 20–618,000[6]
November 10vs. Ole Miss
W 34–06,000[7]
November 24at KentuckyNo. 14
W 14–012,000[8]
December 1VanderbiltdaggerNo. 17
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 45–015,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
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AP
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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Walter Slater Back 3 37 Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Vugrin Guard 26 241 Chicago Cardinals
Bob Long Back 26 268 Philadelphia Eagles

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