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.
[4] The Crimson Tide opened the season on the road with a victory over Keesler Field 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.
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.
[5] [6] To open the 1945 season, the Crimson Tide were originally scheduled to play a game against the Jackson Army Air Base at Denny Stadium.
[8] On September 8 coach Thomas announced that Jackson had canceled its entire 1945 schedule due to heavy cuts in personnel at the base.
[8] After unsuccessfully being able to schedule a replacement home game for the Jackson date, on September 23, coach Thomas announced the Crimson Tide would open the season against Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi.
[11] Late in the second quarter, the Crimson tide extended their lead to 20–0 at halftime when Gilmer connected with Steiner for a 13-yard touchdown reception.
Paul "Bear" Bryant and Nick Saban have subsequently joined Thomas in guiding Crimson Tide teams to over 100 wins.
[18] The Crimson Tide then closed the game with a one-yard Norwood Hodges touchdown run to make the final score 25–7.
[10][21] On the first offensive play of the game John Donaldson fumbled the ball, and Norwood Hodges recovered for Alabama at the Georgia 25-yard line.
Eight plays later, Harry Gilmer threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Lowell Tew for a 7–0 Crimson Tide lead.
[21] Midway through the third, the Bulldogs scored their final touchdown of the game when John Rauch threw a 65-yard completion to Reid Moseley.
This time runs of 1 and 78 yards were made by Hodges and Gordon Pettus in addition to a seven-yard Gilmer touchdown pass to Rebel Steiner.
[24] In the fourth, Alabama tallied two more touchdowns on runs of 95 by Gilmer and two-yards by Lou Scales to make the final score 60–19.
the Crimson Tide extended their lead to 21–0 bay halftime with touchdowns scored on a 25-yard Lowell Tew run and on an 18-yard Gilmer pass to James Corbitt.
[31] In what was the first game played at Denny Stadium of the season, Alabama met the team that represented the Naval Air Station Pensacola, and defeated the Goslings 55–6.
[30] After each team traded third quarter scores, the Crimson Tide closed the game with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns for the 55–6 victory.
[30] On what was homecoming before the largest crowd to date at Denny Stadium, Alabama defeated the Mississippi State Maroons 55–13 to complete the eighth undefeated regular season in school history.