1945 Texas Longhorns football team
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| 1945 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 40–27 vs. Missouri | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 10 |
| Record | 10–1 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Texas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1945 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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| September 22 | Bergstrom Field* | W 13–7 | ||
| September 29 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| W 46–0 | |
| October 6 | Texas Tech* |
| W 33–0 | |
| October 13 | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 10 | W 12–7 | |
| October 20 | at Arkansas | No. 10 | Little Rock, AR (rivalry) | W 34–7 |
| October 27 | Rice | No. 9 |
| L 6–7 |
| November 3 | at SMU | No. 19 |
| W 12–7 |
| November 10 | Baylor | No. 17 |
| W 21–14 |
| November 17 | TCU | No. 17 |
| W 20–0 |
| November 29 | at Texas A&M | No. 10 | W 20–10 | |
| January 1, 1946 | vs. Missouri* | No. 10 |
| W 40–27 |
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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[2]
References
- ^ "Football, All-Time Results". mackbrown-texasfootball.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "2010 NCAA Football Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletics Association.
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