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1945 Tennessee

8–⁠1 (3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Barnhill, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1945, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 7–6; won vs. William & Mary 48–13; won vs. Chattanooga 30–0; lost at No. 6 Alabama 7–25; won vs. Villanova 33–2; won vs. North Carolina 20–6; won vs. Ole Miss 34–0; won at Kentucky 14–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 45–0+45−18Won 7–6 vs. Wake Forest+1Wake ForestWon 48–13 vs. William & Mary+35William & MaryWon 30–0 vs. Chattanooga+30ChattanoogaLost 7–25 at No. 6 Alabama-18No. 6 AlabamaWon 33–2 vs. Villanova+31VillanovaWon 20–6 vs. North Carolina+14North CarolinaWon 34–0 vs. Ole Miss+34Ole MissWon 14–0 at Kentucky+14KentuckyWon 45–0 vs. Vanderbilt+45Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsWake ForestW 7–⁠666%
Oct 6vsWilliam & MaryW 48–⁠1370%
Oct 13vsChattanoogaW 30–⁠096%
Oct 20at6AlabamaL 7–⁠2543%
Oct 27vsVillanovaW 33–⁠276%
Nov 3vsNorth CarolinaW 20–⁠680%
Nov 10vsOle MissW 34–⁠083%
Nov 24atKentuckyW 14–⁠078%
Dec 1vsVanderbiltW 45–⁠087%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Vanderbilt 45–⁠0; No. 14 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 6: 18
  3. Wk 7: 14
  4. Wk 8: 17
  5. Final: 14

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
8–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 14
Points
238–⁠52
Coach
John Barnhill
Elo
1676 +57 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.8 No. 11 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 5Walt Slater BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Pat Lenshan EChicago Cardinals

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Buster StephensRBAP-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.