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1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Bostick, James Hamilton
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 0 0 10 0 0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 1 0 8 1 0
No. 15 LSU 5 2 0 7 2 0
No. 18 Georgia 4 2 0 9 2 0
Ole Miss 3 3 0 4 5 0
Georgia Tech 2 2 0 4 6 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0 6 3 0
Auburn 2 3 0 5 5 0
Vanderbilt 2 4 0 3 6 0
Florida 1 3 1 4 5 1
Tulane 1 3 1 2 6 1
Kentucky 0 5 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1945 college football season. In their second year under head coach Doby Bartling, the Commodores complied an overall record of 3–6, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished ninth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Tennessee Tech*W 12–07,000[2]
October 6Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–148,000[3]
October 13at FloridaW 7–017,000[4]
October 20Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 19–610,000[5]
October 27at No. 13 LSUL 7–3922,000[6]
November 3VMI*dagger
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 13–275,000[7]
November 10Chattanooga*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–13500[8]
November 17No. 3 Alabama
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 0–7110,000[9]
December 1at No. 17 TennesseeL 0–4515,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1945 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "TPI is beaten by Vanderbilt". The Chattanooga Times. September 30, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss scores 14–7 victory over Vandy Commodores". The Jackson Sun. October 7, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Vandy noses out Gators, 7–0, in battle full of fumbles". The Atlanta Journal. October 14, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kentucky is maules by Vandy as Commodores win by 19 to 6". The Park City Daily News. October 21, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "LSU Tigers claw Vandy". The Macon Telegraph and News. October 28, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Vandy bows before fast VMI, 27–13". The Knoxville Journal. November 4, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Chattanooga dunks Vandy 13 to 6 in Dudley Field mud". The Nashville Tennessean. November 11, 1945. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Alabama rumbles ahead 71–0". The Decatur Daily. November 18, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tennessee turns on power; Defeats Vanderbilt, 45–0". The Shreveport Times. December 2, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.