1945 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1945 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1945 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1945 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Gator Bowl, L 14–26 vs. Wake Forest
Conference	Southern Conference
1945 record	2–4–3 (0–2–2 SoCon)
Head coach	John D. McMillan (1st season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (Capacity: 17,600)
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1945 college football season. In their first season under head coach John D. McMillan, South Carolina compiled a 2–4–3 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 22	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–60
September 29	Presbyterian*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 40–0
October 6	Camp Blanding*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–6
October 13	at Alabama	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 0–55	^[2]
October 25	Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	T 0–0	^[3]
November 9	at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	T 13–13
November 22	vs. Wake Forest	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	T 13–13
December 1	Maryland	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 13–19	^[4]
January 1, 1946	vs. Wake Forest	Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	L 14–26	^[5]
*Non-conference game

^ "1945 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
^ "Tide torrent deluges South Carolina, 55–0". The Tuscaloosa News. October 14, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
^ "Tigers, Birds in scoreless tie". The Greenville News. October 26, 1945. pp. 1, 19. Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "U. of Maryland gridders outlast South Carolina to win, 19 To 13: Victors roll to early lead". The Baltimore Sun. December 2, 1945. p. 28. Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wake Forest in 26–14 victory in Gator Bowl: 12,000 see Deacons win over Gamecocks". Tampa Morning Tribune. January 2, 1946. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

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1945 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Wake Forest	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
William & Mary	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Maryland	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
VMI	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
VPI	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	3	–	2	2	–	4	–	3
Richmond	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll