Oklahoma vs. Texas
Saturday, October 13, 1945. Texas kept the Golden Hat Share
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.
FinalAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Oklahoma–Texas gameOfficially, 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.
| 2026 | Oklahoma 27, Texas 24 | |
| 2025 | Texas 23, Oklahoma 6 | Allstate Red River Rivalry |
| 2024 | Texas 34, Oklahoma 3 | Allstate Red River Rivalry |
| 2023 | Oklahoma 34, Texas 30 | Allstate Red River Rivalry |
| 2022 | Texas 49, Oklahoma 0 | |
| 2021 | Oklahoma 55, Texas 48 |
Around this game
Oklahoma
- Next gamevs. KansasOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonOklahoma in 1945
- ProgramOklahoma history and records
Texas
- Next gameat ArkansasOct. 20, 1945
- SeasonTexas in 1945
- ProgramTexas history and records

