1945 SMU
5–6 (4–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Lackland Field 51–0Sep 22
By 51 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vsLackland Field | W 51–0 | 84% |
| Sep 29 | atCorpus Christi NAS | L 7–22 | 66% |
| Oct 6 | vs Missouri | L 7–10 | 53% |
| Oct 12 | at 14Oklahoma State | L 12–26 | 17% |
| Oct 20 | vs Rice | W 21–18 | 62% |
| Oct 27 | at Tulane | L 7–19 | 34% |
| Nov 3 | vs Texas | L 7–12 | 28% |
| Nov 10 | at Texas A&M | L 0–3 | 16% |
| Nov 17 | vs Arkansas | W 21–0 | 54% |
| Nov 24 | vs Baylor | W 34–0 | 43% |
| Dec 1 | at TCU | W 34–0 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat TCU 34–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The tied 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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
- 5–6
- Conference
- 4–2 2nd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 201–110
- Coach
- Madison Bell
- Elo
- 1481 +45 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.1 No. 29 of 101 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Tom Dean and Howard Maley
All-Southwest Conference
3 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Doak WalkerB- Gene WilsonEAP-1; UP-1
- Tom DeanOTAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Howard MaleyBAP-2
- Earl CookOGUP-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.