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1945 Missouri

6–⁠4 (5–⁠0 Big Six), coached by Chauncey Simpson.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1945, game by game: lost at Minnesota 0–34; lost vs. Ohio State 6–47; won at SMU 10–7; won at Iowa State 13–7; won vs. Kansas State 41–7; won vs. Nebraska 19–0; lost at Michigan State 7–14; won vs. No. 14 Oklahoma 14–6; won vs. Kansas 33–12; lost vs. No. 10 Texas 27–40+34−41Lost 0–34 at Minnesota-34MinnesotaLost 6–47 vs. Ohio State-41Ohio StateWon 10–7 at SMU+3SMUWon 13–7 at Iowa State+6Iowa StateWon 41–7 vs. Kansas State+34Kansas StateWon 19–0 vs. Nebraska+19NebraskaLost 7–14 at Michigan State-7Michigan StateWon 14–6 vs. No. 14 Oklahoma+8No. 14 OklahomaWon 33–12 vs. Kansas+21KansasLost 27–40 vs. No. 10 Texas-13No. 10 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atMinnesotaL 0–⁠3436%
Sep 29vsOhio StateL 6–⁠4735%
Oct 6atSMUW 10–⁠747%
Oct 13atIowa StateW 13–⁠738%
Oct 20vsKansas StateW 41–⁠782%
Oct 27vsNebraskaW 19–⁠079%
Nov 3atMichigan StateL 7–⁠1439%
Nov 17vs14OklahomaW 14–⁠650%
Nov 24vsKansasW 33–⁠1269%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs10TexasCotton BowlL 27–⁠4032%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 40–⁠27 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 16
  2. Wk 8: 14

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.

Big Six champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Big Six
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
170–⁠174
Coach
Chauncey Simpson
Elo
1516 +21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.8 No. 43 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 1Bill Dellastatious BDetroit Lions

All-Big Six

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Leonard BrownBAP-1; UP-1
  • Roland OakesEAP-1; UP-2
  • Jim KekerisOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Robert EigelbergerOGAP-2; UP-1
  • Ralph StewartCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Robert HopkinsBAP-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 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠06–⁠4
Oklahoma4–⁠15–⁠5
Iowa State2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠34–⁠5
Kansas1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠51–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.