1945 Texas Longhorns football
SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 10
Record10–1 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Texas $ 5 –1 –010 –1 –0
SMU 4 –2 –05 –6 –0
TCU 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Rice 3 –3 –05 –6 –0
Texas A&M 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Baylor 2 –4 –05 –5 –1
Arkansas 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1945 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 10–1, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion. Texas concluded their season with a victory over Missouri in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Bergstrom Field*
W 13–715,000[2][3]
September 292:30 p.m.Southwestern (TX)*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 46–09,000[4][5][6]
October 6Texas Tech*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 33–0[7]
October 13vs. Oklahoma*No. 10
W 12–745,000[8]
October 20at ArkansasNo. 10
W 34–715,000[9]
October 27RiceNo. 9
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 6–723,000[10]
November 3at SMU
W 12–723,000[11]
November 10BaylorNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–1430,000[12]
November 17TCUNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–027,000[13]
November 29at Texas A&MNo. 10
W 20–1041,000[14]
January 1, 1946vs. Missouri*No. 10
W 40–2746,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP10109—1717101010

Awards and honors

  • Hub Bechtol, End, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Bobby Layne, Back, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Hub Bechtol, Consensus All-American[16]

References

  1. ↑ "1945 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ Evans, Wilbur (September 23, 1945). "Bergstrom Club Holds Steers to 13-7 Win". Sunday Austin-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ Evans, Wilbur (September 23, 1945). "Longhorns Held to 13-7 Victory by Troop Carrier Eleven (continued)". Sunday Austin-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 14. Retrieved March 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ Evans, Wilbur (September 29, 1945). "Longhorn Clash With Southwestern Today at 2:30 p. m." The Austin American. Austin, Texas. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ Hart, Weldon (September 30, 1945). "Steer Touchdowns Rain for 46-0 Win Over Southwestern". Sunday American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 1. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ Hart, Weldon (September 30, 1945). "Longhorns Swamp Pirates, 46-0 (continued)". Sunday American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 13. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ↑ "Graham stars as Longhorns overwhelm Texas Tech, 33–0". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 7, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Texas defeats Oklahoma, 12–7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 14, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Texas in 24 to 7 win over Arkansas". Oakland Tribune. October 21, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Underrated Rice Owls bounce Texas from unbeaten list with 7–6 upset". Wichita Daily Times. October 28, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Bobby Layne's passes give Steers victory late in game". Sunday American-Statesman. November 4, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Texas shades Baylor's scrappy Bears, 21 to 14". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 11, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Longhorns brush aside Frogs, 20–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 18, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Longhorns defeat Texas Ags, 20–10, grab loop crown". Tulsa Daily World. November 30, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Bob Broeg (January 2, 1946). "Missouri Shows Texas Some Football but Longhorns Win, 40-27". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "2010 NCAA Football Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletics Association.


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