1945 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1945 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1945 college football season. Led by Claude Simons Jr. in his fourth and final year as head coach, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 2–6–1 and a mark of 1–3–1 in conference play, tying for tenth place in the SEC.

1945 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1945 record2–6–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
(capacity: 69,000)
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 –1 –08 –1 –0
No. 15 LSU 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
No. 18 Georgia 4 –2 –09 –2 –0
Ole Miss 3 –3 –04 –5 –0
Georgia Tech 2 –2 –04 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –3 –06 –3 –0
Auburn 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Florida 1 –3 –14 –5 –1
Tulane 1 –3 –12 –6 –1
Kentucky 0 –5 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 6Florida
T 6–620,000
October 13at Rice*
L 7–1314,000
October 20Auburn
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
L 14–20
October 27SMU*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 19–728,000
November 3No. 15 Mississippi State
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 14–1325,000
November 10Georgia Tech
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 7–4130,000
November 17Clemson*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 20–4718,000
November 24No. 5 Notre Dame*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 6–3263,000
December 1LSU
L 0–3352,644
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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