1945 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1945 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1945 college football season.

1945 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 10
1945 record10–1 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Texas $ 5 1 0  10 1 0
SMU 4 2 0  5 6 0
TCU 3 3 0  5 5 0
Rice 3 3 0  5 6 0
Texas A&M 3 3 0  6 4 0
Baylor 2 4 0  5 5 1
Arkansas 1 5 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 22Bergstrom Field*W 13–7
September 29Southwestern (TX)*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 46–0
October 6Texas Tech*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 33–0
October 13vs. Oklahoma*No. 10W 12–7
October 20at ArkansasNo. 10Little Rock, AR (rivalry)W 34–7
October 27RiceNo. 9
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 6–7
November 3at SMUNo. 19
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 12–7
November 10BaylorNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–14
November 17TCUNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–0
November 29at Texas A&MNo. 10W 20–10
January 1, 1946vs. Missouri*No. 10
W 40–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Awards and honors

  • Hub Bechtol, End, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Bobby Layne, Back, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Hub Bechtol, Consensus All-American[2]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf


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