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1945 Texas

10–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1945, game by game: won vs. Bergstrom Field 13–7; won vs. Southwestern U 46–0; won vs. Texas Tech 33–0; won vs. Oklahoma 12–7; won at Arkansas 34–7; lost vs. Rice 6–7; won at SMU 12–7; won vs. Baylor 21–14; won vs. TCU 20–0; won at Texas A&M 20–10; won vs. No. 14 Missouri 40–27+46−1Won 13–7 vs. Bergstrom Field+6Bergstrom FieldWon 46–0 vs. Southwestern U+46Southwestern UWon 33–0 vs. Texas Tech+33Texas TechWon 12–7 vs. Oklahoma+5OklahomaWon 34–7 at Arkansas+27ArkansasLost 6–7 vs. Rice-1RiceWon 12–7 at SMU+5SMUWon 21–14 vs. Baylor+7BaylorWon 20–0 vs. TCU+20TCUWon 20–10 at Texas A&M+10Texas A&MWon 40–27 vs. No. 14 Missouri+13No. 14 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsBergstrom FieldW 13–⁠791%
Sep 29vsSouthwestern UW 46–⁠088%
Oct 6vsTexas TechW 33–⁠073%
Oct 13vsOklahomaW 12–⁠755%
Oct 20atArkansasW 34–⁠765%
Oct 27vsRiceL 6–⁠787%
Nov 3atSMUW 12–⁠772%
Nov 10vsBaylorW 21–⁠1468%
Nov 17vsTCUW 20–⁠076%
Nov 29atTexas A&MW 20–⁠1051%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs14MissouriCotton BowlW 40–⁠2768%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 40–⁠27 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 5: 17
  5. Wk 6: 17
  6. Wk 7: 10
  7. Wk 8: 10
  8. Final: 10

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.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanHub Bechtol, E

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 9
Points
257–⁠86
Coach
Dana Bible
Elo
1676 +127 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.2 No. 19 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 7Jim Plyler OTNew York Giants

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dale SchwartzkopfEAP-2; UP-2
  • Jim PlylerOTAP-2; UP-2
  • Sam CallanOGUP-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.