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1945 Tulane

2–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Claude Simons.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1945, game by game: tied vs. Florida 6–6; lost at Rice 7–13; lost vs. Auburn 14–20; won vs. SMU 19–7; won vs. No. 15 Mississippi State 14–13; lost vs. Georgia Tech 7–41; lost vs. Clemson 20–47; lost vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 6–32; lost vs. LSU 0–33+12−34Tied 6–6 vs. Florida0FloridaLost 7–13 at Rice-6RiceLost 14–20 vs. Auburn-6AuburnWon 19–7 vs. SMU+12SMUWon 14–13 vs. No. 15 Mississippi State+1No. 15 Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–41 vs. Georgia Tech-34Georgia TechLost 20–47 vs. Clemson-27ClemsonLost 6–32 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame-26No. 5 Notre DameLost 0–33 vs. LSU-33LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 6vsFloridaT 6–⁠663%
Oct 13atRiceL 7–⁠1367%
Oct 20vsAuburnL 14–⁠2062%
Oct 27vsSMUW 19–⁠766%
Nov 3vs15Mississippi StateW 14–⁠1334%
Nov 10vsGeorgia TechL 7–⁠4146%
Nov 17vsClemsonL 20–⁠4751%
Nov 24vs5Notre DameL 6–⁠3219%
Dec 1vsLSUL 0–⁠3329%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 33–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
2–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠212
Coach
Claude Simons
Elo
1383 −126 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.7 No. 62 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 1Dub Jones BChicago Cardinals
Rd 5Gaston Bourgeois BBoston Yanks

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

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

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.