1945 Richmond Spiders 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 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1945 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Hope, Richmond compiled a 2–6 record, with a mark of 0–4 in conference play, finishing in eleventh place in the SoCon.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		VMI	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 6–40	10,000	^[2]
October 6		Maryland	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 0–21	< 2,000	^[3]
October 20		at Guilford*	Greensboro, NC	W 40–0		^[4]
October 27		at Catawba*	Shuford Stadium Salisbury, NC	L 7–21		^[5]
November 3	2:30 p.m.	Oceana NAS*	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 28–12	1,000	^[6]^[7]
November 10		at No. 15 Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 0–45	7,000	^[8]
November 17		at VPI	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 6–44		^[9]
November 22		William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 0–33	7,500	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "1945 Richmond Spiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "VMI scores easy 40–6 victory over Spiders". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 30, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Maryland trips Richmond, 21–0". The Baltimore Sun. October 7, 1945. p. 21. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Richmond Spiders win over Guilford, 40–0". The News and Observer. October 21, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Catawba spills Richmond, 21–7". The Charlotte Observer. October 28, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Mallery, Bill (October 31, 1945). "U. R. Coach Has Praise For Team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 16. Retrieved April 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Spiders gain 28–12 victory over Oceana Naval Air Base". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 4, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brown scores 4 touchdowns for Cavaliers". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. November 11, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tech 44, UR 6 - Beard, Ratliff pace Gobblers to easy victory". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 18, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Indians rout Spiders, William-Mary wins annual battle, 33–0". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. November 23, 1945. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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