
1945 Vanderbilt
3–6 (2–4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doby Bartling. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kentucky 19–6Oct 20
By 13 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | vs | W 12–0 | 93% |
| Oct 6 | vs | L 7–14 | 68% |
| Oct 13 | at | W 7–0 | 43% |
| Oct 20 | vs | W 19–6 | 70% |
| Oct 27 | at | L 7–39 | 34% |
| Nov 3 | vs | L 13–27 | 87% |
| Nov 10 | vs | L 6–13 | 88% |
| Nov 17 | vs | L 0–71 | 21% |
| Dec 1 | at | L 0–45 | 13% |
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 teamSecond 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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | 10–0 | 2 | |
| 3–1 | 8–1 | 14 | |
| 5–2 | 7–2 | 15 | |
| 4–2 | 9–2 | 18 | |
| 3–3 | 4–5 | ||
| 2–2 | 4–6 | ||
| 2–3 | 6–3 | ||
| 2–3 | 5–5 | ||
| 2–4 | 3–6 | ||
| 1–3–1 | 4–5–1 | ||
| 1–3–1 | 2–6–1 | ||
| 0–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.