1945 SMU Mustangs football team

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1945 SMU Mustangs football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1945 record5–6 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumOwnby Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1945 college football season. In their eighth, non-consecutive season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 5–6 record (4–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 201 to 110. After a stretch in which the team lost six of seven games, SMU finished the season with three consecutive shutout victories over Arkansas (21-0), Baylor (34-0), and TCU (34-0).[1] The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.

Three SMU players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and/or United Press (UP) on the 1945 All-Southwest Conference football team: back Doak Walker (AP-1, UP-1); end Gene Wilson (AP-1, UP-1); and tackle Tom Dean (AP-1, UP-1).[2][3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Lackland Field
W 51–0
September 29at Corpus Christi NASCorpus Christi, TXL 7–22
October 6Missouri
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX
L 7–10
October 12at No. 14 Oklahoma State
L 12–26
October 20Rice
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX (rivalry)
W 21–18
October 27at Tulane
L 7–1928,000
November 3Texas
L 7–12
November 10at Texas A&M
L 0–3
November 17Arkansas
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX
W 21–0
November 24Baylor
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX
W 34–0
December 1at TCU
W 34–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1945 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "AP 1945 First Team". The Paris News. December 10, 1945. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ "All-Southwest Conference". The Shreveport Times. December 6, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
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