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1945 Auburn

5–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Carl Voyles.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1945, game by game: won vs. Samford 38–0; lost at Maxwell Field 0–7; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–20; won at Tulane 20–14; lost at Georgia Tech 7–20; won vs. Florida 19–0; won vs. Louisiana 52–0; lost vs. Georgia 0–35; won vs. Louisiana Tech 29–0; lost at Miami 7–33+52−35Won 38–0 vs. Samford+38SamfordLost 0–7 at Maxwell Field-7Maxwell FieldLost 0–20 vs. Mississippi State-20Mississippi Sta…Won 20–14 at Tulane+6TulaneLost 7–20 at Georgia Tech-13Georgia TechWon 19–0 vs. Florida+19FloridaWon 52–0 vs. Louisiana+52LouisianaLost 0–35 vs. Georgia-35GeorgiaWon 29–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+29Louisiana TechLost 7–33 at Miami-26Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSamfordW 38–⁠094%
Sep 28atMaxwell FieldL 0–⁠782%
Oct 6vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠2041%
Oct 20atTulaneW 20–⁠1438%
Oct 27atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠2029%
Nov 3vsFloridaW 19–⁠059%
Nov 10vsLouisianaW 52–⁠093%
Nov 17vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠3539%
Nov 24vsLouisiana TechW 29–⁠088%
Nov 30atMiamiL 7–⁠3342%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠129
Coach
Carl Voyles
Elo
1441 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.5 No. 55 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 6Joe Eddins OGDetroit Lions

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Curtis KuykendallRBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠010–⁠02
Tennessee3–⁠18–⁠114
LSU5–⁠27–⁠215
Georgia4–⁠29–⁠218
Ole Miss3–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia Tech2–⁠24–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠36–⁠3
Auburn2–⁠35–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠43–⁠6
Florida1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠52–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.