1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Bostick, James Hamilton
Home stadiumDudley 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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1945 college football season. In their second year under head coach Doby Bartling, the Commodores complied an overall record of 3–6, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished ninth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Tennessee Tech*
W 12–07,000[2]
October 6Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–148,000[3]
October 13at Florida
W 7–017,000[4]
October 20Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 19–610,000[5]
October 27at No. 13 LSU
L 7–3922,000[6]
November 3VMI*dagger
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–275,000[7]
November 10Chattanooga*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–13500[8]
November 17No. 3 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–7110,000[9]
December 1at No. 17
Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
    		• L 0–4515,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1945 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
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