1945 Auburn Tigers football team

1945 Auburn Tigers football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
1945 record	5–5 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach	Carl M. Voyles
Home stadium	Auburn Stadium Cramton Bowl Legion Field

1945 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#14 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
#15 LSU	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#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 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).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 21	Howard*	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	W 38–0
September 28	Maxwell Field*	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	L 0–7
October 6	Mississippi State	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	L 20–0
October 20	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 20–14
October 27	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–20
November 3	Florida	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL (Rivalry)	W 19–0
November 10	Southwestern Louisiana*	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 52–0
November 17	vs. Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 0–35
November 24	Louisiana Tech*	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 29–0
November 30	at Miami*	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL	L 7–33
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Auburn Tigers football

Venues	Drill Field (1892–1910) Drake Field (1911–1939) Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991) Jordan–Hare Stadium (1939–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) Arkansas Clemson Florida Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Georgia Tech LSU Tennessee Tulane

Culture & lore	History Traditions Aubie "War Eagle" Marching band Toomer's Corner Punt Bama Punt Bo Over the Top Earthquake Game Prayer at Jordan–Hare Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick)

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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