1945 Florida Gators football team

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1945 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1945 record4–5–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainHugo Miller
Home stadiumFlorida Field
(Capacity: 22,000)[1]
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1945 college football season. The season was the fifth and last for Tom Lieb as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The 1945 backfield was made up entirely of freshmen.[2]

Among the season's highlights was the Gators' 26–13 neutral site victory over the Ole Miss Rebels played in Jacksonville. The Gators also split a pair of games against teams from two U.S. military training bases. Lieb's 1945 Florida Gators finished with a 4–5–1 overall record and a 1–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing ninth among twelve SEC teams.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Camp Blanding*
W 31–2
September 29vs. Ole Miss
W 26–13
October 6at Tulane
T 6–620,000
October 13Vanderbiltdagger
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 0–7
October 19at Miami (FL)*
L 6–7
October 27Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 45–0
November 3at Auburn
L 0–19
November 10vs. Georgia
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
L 0–34
November 17Presbyterian*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 41–0
November 24at U.S. Amphibious*Norfolk, VAL 0–12
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[3]

Postseason[]

After Lieb's coaching contract was not renewed, he became the track & field coach and an assistant football coach at the University of Alabama, where his old Notre Dame teammate Frank Thomas was the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

References[]

  1. ^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2006 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ Golenbock 2002, p. 6
  3. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.

Additional sources[]

  • Golenbock, Peter (2002). Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory. St. Petersburg, Florida: Legends Publishing, LLC. ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
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