1945 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1945 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1945 college football season. It was the Tigers' 54th overall and 13th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his second year, and played their home games at Auburn Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5 overall, 2–3 in the SEC).

1945 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1945 record5–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Legion Field
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 21Howard (AL)*W 38–0
September 28Maxwell Field*
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, Alabama
L 0–7
October 6Mississippi StateL 0–20
October 20at TulaneW 20–14
October 27at Georgia TechL 7–20
November 3FloridaW 19–0
November 10Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Auburn Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 52–0
November 17vs. GeorgiaL 0–35
November 24Louisiana Tech*
  • Auburn Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 29–0
November 30at Miami*L 7–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • Source: 1945 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Carl M. Voyles, 1945". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. "1945 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2015.


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