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1945 Texas A&M

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1945, game by game: won vs. Ellington Field 34–0; won vs. Texas Tech 16–6; won at Oklahoma 19–14; lost at LSU 12–31; lost at TCU 12–13; won vs. Baylor 19–13; won at Arkansas 34–0; won vs. SMU 3–0; lost at Rice 0–6; lost vs. No. 10 Texas 10–20+34−19Won 34–0 vs. Ellington Field+34Ellington FieldWon 16–6 vs. Texas Tech+10Texas TechWon 19–14 at Oklahoma+5OklahomaLost 12–31 at LSU-19LSULost 12–13 at TCU-1TCUWon 19–13 vs. Baylor+6BaylorWon 34–0 at Arkansas+34ArkansasWon 3–0 vs. SMU+3SMULost 0–6 at Rice-6RiceLost 10–20 vs. No. 10 Texas-10No. 10 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsEllington FieldW 34–⁠092%
Sep 29vsTexas TechW 16–⁠673%
Oct 6atOklahomaW 19–⁠1444%
Oct 13atLSUL 12–⁠3156%
Oct 20atTCUL 12–⁠1353%
Oct 27vsBaylorW 19–⁠1360%
Nov 3atArkansasW 34–⁠060%
Nov 10vsSMUW 3–⁠084%
Nov 17atRiceL 0–⁠669%
Nov 29vs10TexasL 10–⁠2049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 20–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17

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
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
159–⁠103
Coach
Homer Norton
Elo
1552 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.7 No. 33 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 6Len Dickey OTChicago Cardinals

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Preston SmithBUP-2
  • Leonard DickeyOTAP-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

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas5–⁠110–⁠110
SMU4–⁠25–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠36–⁠4
TCU3–⁠35–⁠5
Rice3–⁠35–⁠6
Baylor2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Arkansas1–⁠53–⁠7

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