1945 Vanderbilt

3–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doby Bartling.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1945, game by game: won vs. Tennessee Tech 12–0; lost vs. Ole Miss 7–14; won at Florida 7–0; won vs. Kentucky 19–6; lost at No. 13 LSU 7–39; lost vs. VMI 13–27; lost vs. Chattanooga 6–13; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 0–71; lost at No. 17 Tennessee 0–45+13−71Won 12–0 vs. Tennessee Tech+12Tennessee TechLost 7–14 vs. Ole Miss-7Ole MissWon 7–0 at Florida+7FloridaWon 19–6 vs. Kentucky+13KentuckyLost 7–39 at No. 13 LSU-32No. 13 LSULost 13–27 vs. VMI-14VMILost 6–13 vs. Chattanooga-7ChattanoogaLost 0–71 vs. No. 3 Alabama-71No. 3 AlabamaLost 0–45 at No. 17 Tennessee-45No. 17 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsTennessee TechW 12–⁠093%
Oct 6vsOle MissL 7–⁠1468%
Oct 13atFloridaW 7–⁠043%
Oct 20vsKentuckyW 19–⁠670%
Oct 27at13LSUL 7–⁠3934%
Nov 3vsVMIL 13–⁠2787%
Nov 10vsChattanoogaL 6–⁠1388%
Nov 17vs3AlabamaL 0–⁠7121%
Dec 1at17TennesseeL 0–⁠4513%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 45–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 98th-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
3–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
71–⁠215
Coach
Doby Bartling
Elo
1380 −134 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.6 No. 70 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dick Bostick and James Hamilton

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Bill FuquaRBAP-3; 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.