1945 Arkansas
3–7 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Glen Rose. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Ole Miss 19–0Oct 27
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | atBarksdale Field | W 12–6 | 72% |
| Sep 29 | vs Oklahoma State | L 14–19 | 37% |
| Oct 6 | vs TCU | W 27–14 | 43% |
| Oct 13 | at Baylor | L 13–23 | 31% |
| Oct 20 | vs 10Texas | L 7–34 | 35% |
| Oct 27 | vs Ole Miss | W 19–0 | 41% |
| Nov 3 | vs Texas A&M | L 0–34 | 40% |
| Nov 10 | at Rice | L 7–26 | 47% |
| Nov 17 | at SMU | L 0–21 | 46% |
| Nov 23 | at 17Tulsa | L 13–45 | 12% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 45–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1945.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 1–5 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 112–222
- Coach
- Glen Rose
- Elo
- 1356 −62 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −5.5 No. 69 of 101 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Earl Wheeler and Henry Ford
All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
John HoffmanBAP-2
Earl WheelerCAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1945 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–1 | 10–1 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 5–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| TCU | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 5–6 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 5–5–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.