1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team
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Conference | Big Six Conference |
1945 record | 5–5 (4–1 Big 6) |
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Captain | Eran Burgert |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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September 22 | at Hondo Army Air Field* | Hondo, TX | W 21–6 | ||
September 29 | at Nebraska | W 20–0 | 17,000 | ||
October 6 | Texas A&M* | L 14–19 | |||
October 13 | vs. No. 10 Texas* |
| L 7–12 | 45,000 | |
October 20 | Kansas |
| W 39–7 | 13,000 | |
October 27 | at Kansas State |
| W 41–13 | ||
November 3 | TCU* | No. 14 |
| L 7–13 | |
November 10 | Iowa State |
| W 14–7 | 13,163 | |
November 17 | at Missouri | No. 15 |
| L 6–14 | |
November 24 | No. 6 Oklahoma A&M* |
| L 0–47 | 33,000 | |
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Rankings[]
The first 1945 AP Poll came out on October 7. The Sooners made their first appearance in the poll on October 28 and made their last appearance on the poll released on November 11.
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | |||||||||||
AP | Not released | NR | NR | NR | 14 | NR | 15 | NR | NR | NR |
Postseason[]
NFL draft[]
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[6]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
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Thurman Tigart | Guard | 6 | 42 | Boston Yanks |
Tom Tallchief | Tackle | 15 | 133 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Derald Lebow | Back | 23 | 220 | Los Angeles Rams |
John West | Back | 32 | 300 | Los Angeles Rams |
References[]
- ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. 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.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "1946 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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