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1945 Oklahoma

5–⁠5 (4–⁠1 Big Six), coached by Snorter Luster.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1945, game by game: won at Hondo Field 21–6; won at Nebraska 20–0; lost vs. Texas A&M 14–19; lost vs. No. 10 Texas 7–12; won vs. Kansas 39–7; won at Kansas State 41–13; lost vs. TCU 7–13; won vs. Iowa State 14–7; lost at Missouri 6–14; lost vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State 0–47+32−47Won 21–6 at Hondo Field+15Hondo FieldWon 20–0 at Nebraska+20NebraskaLost 14–19 vs. Texas A&M-5Texas A&MLost 7–12 vs. No. 10 Texas-5No. 10 TexasWon 39–7 vs. Kansas+32KansasWon 41–13 at Kansas State+28Kansas StateLost 7–13 vs. TCU-6TCUWon 14–7 vs. Iowa State+7Iowa StateLost 6–14 at Missouri-8MissouriLost 0–47 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State-47No. 6 Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atHondo FieldW 21–⁠683%
Sep 29atNebraskaW 20–⁠064%
Oct 6vsTexas A&ML 14–⁠1956%
Oct 13vs10TexasL 7–⁠1245%
Oct 20vsKansasW 39–⁠773%
Oct 27atKansas StateW 41–⁠1378%
Nov 3vsTCUL 7–⁠1369%
Nov 10vsIowa StateW 14–⁠763%
Nov 17atMissouriL 6–⁠1450%
Nov 24vs6Oklahoma StateL 0–⁠4735%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 47–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 14
  2. Wk 6: 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.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Big Six
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
169–⁠138
Coach
Snorter Luster
Elo
1497 −38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.9 No. 41 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Eran Burgert

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 5Joe Golding BChicago Cardinals
Rd 6Thurman Tigart OGBoston Yanks

All-Big Six

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • John WestBAP-1; UP-1
  • Jack VenableBAP-1; UP-1
  • Omer BurgertEAP-2; UP-1
  • Thomas TallchiefOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Thurman TigartOGAP-1

Second team

  • Aubrey McCallEAP-2; UP-2
  • Robert RodenhamerOTUP-2
  • Elmer Otto FridayOTUP-2
  • Donald TillmanOGUP-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.