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1945 Virginia Tech

2–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southern Conference), coached by Henry McEver.

Schedule and results

Virginia Tech in 1945, game by game: lost vs. North Carolina 0–14; lost vs. William & Mary 0–38; won vs. Maryland 21–13; lost at Virginia 13–31; lost at NC State 0–6; lost at Clemson 0–35; won vs. Richmond 44–6; lost vs. VMI 0–7+38−38Lost 0–14 vs. North Carolina-14North CarolinaLost 0–38 vs. William & Mary-38William & MaryWon 21–13 vs. Maryland+8MarylandLost 13–31 at Virginia-18VirginiaLost 0–6 at NC State-6NC StateLost 0–35 at Clemson-35ClemsonWon 44–6 vs. Richmond+38RichmondLost 0–7 vs. VMI-7VMI
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 6vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠1468%
Oct 13vsWilliam & MaryL 0–⁠3843%
Oct 20vsMarylandW 21–⁠1360%
Oct 27atVirginiaL 13–⁠3129%
Nov 3atNC StateL 0–⁠643%
Nov 10atClemsonL 0–⁠3535%
Nov 17vsRichmondW 44–⁠684%
Nov 22vsVMIL 0–⁠772%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to VMI 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
2–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 9th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
78–⁠150
Coach
Henry McEver
Elo
1374 −131 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.5 No. 82 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Ross OrrOTAP-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 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠06–⁠213
Wake Forest3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠119
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
VMI3–⁠25–⁠4
North Carolina2–⁠25–⁠5
NC State2–⁠43–⁠6
Virginia Tech2–⁠52–⁠6
South Carolina0–⁠2–⁠22–⁠4–⁠3
Richmond0–⁠42–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.