1945 Texas Longhorns football team

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1945 Texas Longhorns football
Cotton Bowl Classic Champions
Southwest Conference Champions
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP #10
1945 record 10-1 (5-1 SWC)
Head coach Dana X. Bible
Home stadium Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
Seasons
« 1944 1946 »
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#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* Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX W 13–7  
September 29 Southwestern* Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 46–0  
October 6 Texas Tech* Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) W 33–0  
October 13 vs. Oklahoma* #10 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Rivalry) W 12–7  
October 20 at Arkansas #10 Little Rock, AR (Rivalry) W 34–7  
October 27 Rice #9 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 6–7  
November 3 at SMU #19 Dallas, TX W 12–7  
November 10 Baylor #17 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 21–14  
November 17 TCU #17 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 20–0  
November 29 at Texas A&M #10 Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (Rivalry) W 20–10  
January 1, 1946 vs. Missouri* #10 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) W 40–27  
*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