1945 William & Mary Indians football team

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

1945 William & Mary Indians football
1945 William & Mary Indians football
Conference	Southern Conference
1945 record	6–3 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Rube McCray (2nd season);
Captain	Eugene Holloway
Home stadium	Cary Field
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1945 college football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Catawba*	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 19–6
October 6	at Tennessee*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 13–48
October 13	vs. VPI	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 38–0
October 20	vs. VMI	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 13–9	10,000	^[1]
October 26	vs. NC State	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	L 6–20	15,000	^[2]
November 3	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 33–14
November 10	vs. North Carolina	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	L 0–6
November 17	Merchant Marine*	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	W 25–7
November 22	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 33–0	7,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming

NFL Draft Selections

#	Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Team	Position
10	1946	10	8	88	Al Vandeweghe	Philadelphia Eagles	End
11	1946	11	3	93	Doc Holloway	Pittsburgh Steelers	Guard
12	1946	16	8	148	Buddy Hubbard	Philadelphia Eagles	Back
13	1946	20	8	188	Dave Butcher	Philadelphia Eagles	Back

^ "W&M beats VMI in last minute, 13–9". The State. October 21, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wolfpack Take Conference Win". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. October 27, 1945. p. 9. Retrieved June 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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Venues	Zable Stadium (1935–present) Jimmye Laycock Football Center (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware James Madison Richmond VMI Ivy Bowl
Culture & lore	Griffin Colonel Ebirt Iron Indians "12th Man Tackle" Scandal of 1951 "Tribe Fight Song" William & Mary Pep Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	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 2018 2019 2020 2021

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