1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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]

1945 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
1945 record5–5 (4–1 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)
1945 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 22at Hondo Army Air Field*Hondo, TXW 21–6-
September 29at Nebraska
W 20–017,000
October 6Texas A&M*
L 14–19-
October 13vs. No. 10 Texas*
L 7–1245,000
October 20Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 39–713,000
October 27at Kansas State
W 41–13-
November 3TCU*No. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
L 7–13-
November 10Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 14–713,163
November 17at MissouriNo. 15
L 6–14-
November 24No. 6 Oklahoma A&M*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (Bedlam)
L 0–4733,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from no poll released prior to the game

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

Rankings
See also: 1945 NCAA football 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.

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
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.[5]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Thurman TigartGuard642Boston Yanks
Tom TallchiefTackle15133Pittsburgh Steelers
Derald LebowBack23220Los Angeles Rams
John WestBack32300Los Angeles Rams

References
  1. "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. "1945 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 90. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  4. "2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement" (PDF). University of Oklahoma. 2014. p. 95. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  5. "1946 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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