1945 Florida Gators football team

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.^[1]

1945 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–5–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Tom Lieb (5th season)
Captain	Hugo Miller
Home stadium	Florida Field
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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

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.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	8:00 p.m.	Camp Blanding*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 31–2	7,000	[3][4][5]
September 29		vs. Ole Miss	Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL	W 26–13	12,000	[6]
October 6		at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	T 6–6	20,000	[7]
October 13		Vanderbilt	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–7	17,000	[8]
October 19		at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	L 6–7	27,000	[9]
October 27		Southwestern Louisiana*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 45–0		[10]
November 3		at Auburn	Auburn Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	L 0–19	10,000	[11]
November 10		vs. Georgia	Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	L 0–34	21,000	[12]
November 17		Presbyterian*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 41–0	3,000	[13]
November 24	2:00 p.m.	at Little Creek*	Forman Field Norfolk, VA	L 0–12	5,000	[14][15][16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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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.