1945 VMI Keydets football team

1945 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Emory & Henry*	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	W 37–0	2,500	^[2]
September 29	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 40–6	10,000	^[3]
October 6	vs. Virginia	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 7–40	8,000	^[4]
October 13	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 21–14	7,500	^[5]
October 20	vs. William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 9–13	10,000	^[6]
November 3	at Vanderbilt*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 27–13	5,000	^[7]
November 10	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–38	7,000	^[8]
November 17	Catawba*	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	L 7–14	1,000	^[9]
November 22	vs. VPI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 7–0	23,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game

^ "1945 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
^ "VMI rolls up 37 to 0 victory over Emory & Henry". The Bristol Herald Courier. September 23, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "VMI scores easy 40–6 victory over Spiders". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 30, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cavaliers score another victory". The News and Observer. October 7, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Techs and Cadets stage hot battle under lights". The News and Observer. October 14, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "W&M beats VMI in last minute, 13–9". The State. October 21, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Vandy bows before fast VMI, 27–13". The Knoxville Journal. November 4, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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.
^ "Catawba's Tribe tops Cadets, 14–7". The Charlotte Observer. November 18, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "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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