1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1945 Oklahoma Sooners football

Conference	Big Six Conference
1945 record	5–5 (4–1 Big 6)
Head coach	Dewey Luster (5th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

1945 Big 6 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Missouri $	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Nebraska	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Kansas	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1945 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Dewey Luster, the Sooners compiled a 5–5 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Big Six Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 169 to 138.^[1]^[2]

No Sooners received All-America honors in 1945,^[3] but five Sooners received all-conference honors: Omer Burgert (end); Lester Jensen (guard); Thomas Tallchief (tackle); Jack Venable (back); and John West (back).^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	at Hondo Army Air Field*		Hondo, TX	W 21–6	-
September 29	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	W 20–0	17,000
October 6	Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 14–19	-
October 13	vs. No. 10 Texas*		Fair Park • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 7–12	45,000
October 20	Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 39–7	13,000
October 27	at Kansas State		Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 41–13	-
November 3	TCU*	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 7–13	-
November 10	Iowa State		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 14–7	13,163
November 17	at Missouri	No. 15	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 6–14	-
November 24	No. 6 Oklahoma A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK (Bedlam)	L 0–47	33,000
*Non-conference game.

Source:DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949" (html). College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

References

↑ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1945 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
↑ "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.

Oklahoma Sooners football

Venues	Boyd Field (1905–23) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Barry Switzer Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat)

Culture & lore	Championships T formation Wishbone formation Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick The Oklahoma Heismen Play Like a Champion Today

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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