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| rdfs:label | - 1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
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| rdfs:comment | - The 1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1945 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 51st overall and 12th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. They finished with a perfect season (10–0 overall, 6–0 in the SEC) and with a victory in the Rose Bowl over USC. This team was the second season of the "War Babies" as coined by head coach Thomas.
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| Team | - LSU Tigers
- Vanderbilt Commodores
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Kentucky Wildcats
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Mississippi State Maroons
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| Date | - 1946-01-01
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| attend | - 7500
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- 93000
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| Champion | - Rose Bowl Champions
- SEC Champions
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| Attendance | - 7500
- 14000
- 25000
- 26000
- 28000
- 40000
- 93000
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| Visitor | - Alabama
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Mississippi State
- #3 Alabama
- #4 Alabama
- Pensacola NAS
- #11 USC
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| Host | - Kentucky
- Vanderbilt
- LSU
- #3 Alabama
- #7 Alabama
- #6 Alabama
- Keesler AAF
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| Location | - Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisville, KY
- Cramton Bowl
- Montgomery, AL
- Rose Bowl
- Nashville, TN
- Birmingham, AL
- Legion Field
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Pasadena, CA
- Denny Stadium
- Dudley Field
- Tiger Stadium
- Biloxi, MS
- Flier Field
- Manual Stadium
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| abstract | - The 1945 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1945 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 51st overall and 12th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. They finished with a perfect season (10–0 overall, 6–0 in the SEC) and with a victory in the Rose Bowl over USC. This team was the second season of the "War Babies" as coined by head coach Thomas. The Crimson Tide opened the season on the road with a victory over Keesler AAF after Jackson Army Air Base canceled their game at Denny Stadium. Alabama then defeated LSU in Baton Rouge before their first home win of the season at the Cramton Bowl over South Carolina. After victories over both Tennessee and Georgia at Legion Field, the Crimson Tide routed both Kentucky and Vanderbilt on the road to extend their record to 7–0. They then closed the season with a pair of games at Denny Stadium where they defeated the Pensacola NAS and Mississippi State to complete an undefeated regular season. One month later, Alabama won the Rose Bowl over USC to finish the season undefeated. The 1945 season was the fourth perfect season in Alabama history, following the perfect seasons of 1925, 1930 and 1934. However, Alabama did not win the national championship in 1945; that honor went to the Army Cadets team that went 9–0 and outscored its opponents by a 412–46 margin. The Crimson Tide finished third in the AP poll behind the Cadets and a Navy team that went 7–1–1.
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