Oklahoma vs. Texas

Saturday, October 13, 1945. Texas kept the Golden Hat

No. 10 Texas beat Oklahoma 12–⁠7. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Texas led the series 24–⁠11–⁠2 in the games on file.

Neutral siteOklahoma5–⁠5 in 1945
7
Neutral site10Texas10–⁠1 in 1945
12

FinalAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Grid Sturs Saturday

    Evening star, October 15, 1945, page 12 (results column)

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    Grid Sturs Saturday 6S lne Associated ITeSS. Billy Garfield, Purdue-scored three touchdowns, one on a 41-yard run, anG carried ball 13 times for 131 yards in 400 rout of Iowa. toHchdown rms ms Of 81, s. sand and VI Yards di- to to lead the Blue Devils to 26–⁠19 victory over Wake Forest Army-hccounted for most Of Army S yardage in 2S-7 triumph over Michigan with Blanchard scoring two touchdowns, sne on 6s-yard dash anG Davis running Gene Rossides. Columbia-Had hand IN all of Columhia’s tallies against Yale downs in leading Columbia to 27–⁠13 Bob Evans, Pennsylvania-Passe for ers walloped North Carolina, 49–⁠0. Charles Smith. Georgia–Ran for four et Georgia’ seven touchdown. one on “a an Fred Grant, Alabama--A second string South Carolina and made three touch downs in $50 drubbins of South Carolina. Johnny Rudan, Marquette-Swept end other and bucked for third as he led his team to a 55–⁠13 victory over Kansas Byron Gillory and Hubert Bechtol, Tex. Both played big part in Texas 12–⁠7 triumph over Oklahoma, Bechtol carrying o’ Bob Snf Fenimore. en- a s0uSRHw oRiahoma A. MA Friday night star. ALL American Fenimore scooted for sc&-ing runs OF 20 and 40 yards ss his team defeated Southern Meth odist 26–⁠12. lob Miller. INDIANA – Carried kick .aCK 95 yards for q touchdown as the Hoosiers overwhelmed Nebraska, 54–⁠14. Frank D?ncewicZ, Notre Dame-Heaved two touchdown passes in short workout against Dartmouth, the Irish winning $40. Dick Fisher and Paul Sarringhaus Ohio State–These two war veteran paced Ohio State to 1910 conquest of Wisconsin Fisher passed for the first goal and !Sarringhaus sma shed over for the second. Cal Rossi. U C. L. A.-Ran up 1O1 yards from scrimmage and Tailed both markers in 1870 defeat of California. Gordon Hungar Washington Inter; broke away for 41-yard scoring dash to upset Washington State, 80. Mel (Tommy Gum Tommervik, San downs and passed for two others to beat Southern California, 1915.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Texas 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Texas leads 65–⁠52–⁠5; as played, 62–⁠52–⁠5 in the 119 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oklahoma 27, Texas 24
2025Texas 23, Oklahoma 6Allstate Red River Rivalry
2024Texas 34, Oklahoma 3Allstate Red River Rivalry
2023Oklahoma 34, Texas 30Allstate Red River Rivalry
2022Texas 49, Oklahoma 0
2021Oklahoma 55, Texas 48

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