1945 Texas Longhorns football team

1945 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP No. 10
1945 record 10–1 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach Dana X. Bible (9th season)
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Texas $ 5 1 0  10 1 0
SMU 4 2 0  5 6 0
Texas A&M 3 3 0  6 4 0
TCU 3 3 0  5 5 0
Rice 3 3 0  5 6 0
Baylor 2 4 0  5 5 1
Arkansas 1 5 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 22 Bergstrom Field* War Memorial StadiumAustin, TX W 137  
September 29 Southwestern (TX)* War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 460  
October 6 Texas Tech* War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 330  
October 13 vs. Oklahoma* No. 10 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) W 127  
October 20 at Arkansas No. 10 Little Rock, AR (rivalry) W 347  
October 27 Rice No. 9 War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) L 67  
November 3 at SMU No. 19 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 127  
November 10 Baylor No. 17 War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 2114  
November 17 TCU No. 17 War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 200  
November 29 at Texas A&M No. 10 Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) W 2010  
January 1, 1946 vs. Missouri* No. 10 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) W 4027  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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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

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
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