1945 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1945 Tennessee Volunteers football
1945 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 14
Record	8–1 (3–1 SEC)
Head coach	John Barnhill (4th season);
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 Tennessee Volunteers (variously Tennessee, UT, or the Vols) represented the University of Tennessee in the 1945 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach John Barnhill, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1 overall, 3–1 in the SEC).

1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Wake Forest*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 7–6	15,000	^[1]
October 6	William & Mary*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 48–13	15,000	^[2]
October 13	Chattanooga*	No. 18	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 30–0		^[3]
October 20	at No. 6 Alabama		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	L 7–25	28,000	^[4]
October 27	Villanova*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 33–2	15,000	^[5]
November 3	North Carolina*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 20–6	18,000	^[6]
November 10	vs. Ole Miss		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 34–0	6,000	^[7]
November 24	at Kentucky	No. 14	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 14–0	12,000	^[8]
December 1	Vanderbilt	No. 17	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 45–0	15,000	^[9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	18	—	—	—	—	18	14	17	14

^ "Deacs look good in Knoxville tilt". The News and Observer. September 30, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Volunteers beat Indians, 48–13". The Bristol Herald Courier. October 7, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Vols tromp over Moccasins, 30–0". The Knoxville Journal. October 14, 1945. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alabama blights Tennessee bowl hopes by 25–7 defeat". The Selma Times-Journal. October 21, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Stephens and Partin romp as Vols bounce back, 33 to 2". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 28, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Belated Vol rally crushes North Carolina". The State. November 4, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Volunteers bid for bowl recognition by winning 34–0 over Ole Miss team". The Jackson Sun. November 11, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Hard-pressed Tennessee scores twice in second half to win over Kentucky, 14 to 0". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. November 25, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tennessee turns on power; Defeats Vanderbilt, 45–0". The Shreveport Times. December 2, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1946 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

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