1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1945 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–5 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Carl Snavely (3rd season)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium

1945 Southern Conference football standings

	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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1945 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by third-year head coach Carl Snavely, his first at UNC since 1935 (he coached at Cornell from 1936 to 1944). North Carolina played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium and competed as a member of the Southern Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	at Camp Lee*	Camp Lee, VA	W 6–0
September 29	Georgia Tech*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–20
October 6	at VPI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 14–0
October 13	at No. 11 Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–49
October 20	Cherry Point Marines*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 20–14
November 3	at Tennessee*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 6–20
November 10	vs. William & Mary	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	W 6–0
November 17	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 13–14
November 24	at No. 15 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 7–14
December 1	No. 20 Virginia*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 27–18
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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