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1945 William & Mary

6–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Rube McCray.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1945, game by game: won vs. Catawba 19–6; lost at Tennessee 13–48; won vs. Virginia Tech 38–0; won at VMI 13–9; lost at NC State 6–20; won at Maryland 33–14; lost vs. North Carolina 0–6; won vs. Merchant Marine 25–7; won at Richmond 33–0+38−35Won 19–6 vs. Catawba+13CatawbaLost 13–48 at Tennessee-35TennesseeWon 38–0 vs. Virginia Tech+38Virginia TechWon 13–9 at VMI+4VMILost 6–20 at NC State-14NC StateWon 33–14 at Maryland+19MarylandLost 0–6 vs. North Carolina-6North CarolinaWon 25–7 vs. Merchant Marine+18Merchant MarineWon 33–0 at Richmond+33Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsCatawbaW 19–⁠690%
Oct 6atTennesseeL 13–⁠4830%
Oct 13vsVirginia TechW 38–⁠057%
Oct 20atVMIW 13–⁠981%
Oct 27atNC StateL 6–⁠2064%
Nov 3atMarylandW 33–⁠1458%
Nov 10vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠663%
Nov 17vsMerchant MarineW 25–⁠762%
Nov 22atRichmondW 33–⁠087%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Richmond 33–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 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
6–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠110
Coach
Rube McCray
Elo
1543 +12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.9 No. 41 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Eugene Holloway

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • T. KorzcowskiBAP-2
  • Denver MillsEAP-2; UP-2
  • Doc HollowayOGAP-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.