1945 Ole Miss

4–⁠5 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harry Mehre.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1945, game by game: won vs. Kentucky 21–7; lost at Florida 13–26; won at Vanderbilt 14–7; won vs. Louisiana Tech 26–21; lost vs. Arkansas 0–19; lost at No. 17 LSU 13–32; lost at Tennessee 0–34; won at No. 20 Mississippi State 7–6; lost at Chattanooga 6–31+14−34Won 21–7 vs. Kentucky+14KentuckyLost 13–26 at Florida-13FloridaWon 14–7 at Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltWon 26–21 vs. Louisiana Tech+5Louisiana TechLost 0–19 vs. Arkansas-19ArkansasLost 13–32 at No. 17 LSU-19No. 17 LSULost 0–34 at Tennessee-34TennesseeWon 7–6 at No. 20 Mississippi State+1No. 20 Mississippi Sta…Lost 6–31 at Chattanooga-25Chattanooga
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Chattanooga 31–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

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

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1945.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
100–⁠183
Coach
Harry Mehre
Elo
1379 −54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.4 No. 64 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob McCain

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.