1945 VMI Keydets football team

1945 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
1945 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Duke $4–0–06–2–0
No. 19 Wake Forest4–1–15–3–1
William & Mary4–2–06–3–0
Clemson2–1–16–3–1
Maryland3–2–06–2–1
VMI3–2–05–4–0
North Carolina2–2–05–4–0
NC State2–4–03–6–0
VPI2–5–02–6–0
South Carolina0–3–22–4–3
Richmond0–4–02–6–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1945 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their ninth year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled an overall record of 5–4.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Emory & Henry*
W 37–02,500[2]
September 29at Richmond
W 40–610,000[3]
October 6vs. Virginia
L 7–408,000[4]
October 13at NC State
W 21–147,500[5]
October 20vs. William & Mary
L 9–1310,000[6]
November 3at Vanderbilt*
W 27–135,000[7]
November 10at Maryland
L 0–387,000[8]
November 17Catawba*
L 7–141,000[9]
November 22vs. VPI
W 7–023,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1945 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ "VMI rolls up 37 to 0 victory over Emory & Henry". The Bristol Herald Courier. September 23, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "VMI scores easy 40–6 victory over Spiders". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 30, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cavaliers score another victory". The News and Observer. October 7, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Techs and Cadets stage hot battle under lights". The News and Observer. October 14, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "W&M beats VMI in last minute, 13–9". The State. October 21, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – 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. ↑ "Maryland rolls to 38–0 victory over V.M.I. on home-coming day". The Baltimore Sun. November 11, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Catawba's Tribe tops Cadets, 14–7". The Charlotte Observer. November 18, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Keydets edge Gobblers by last quarter score, 7–0". Daily Press. November 23, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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