1945 SMU Mustangs football team
American college football season
1945 SMU Mustangs football | |
---|---|
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 5–6 (4–2 SWC) |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | Ownby Stadium |
Seasons
|
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 | ||
|
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
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 22 | Blackland AAF | W 51–0 | 6,500 | [4] | ||
September 29 | 8:00 p.m. | at Corpus Christi NAS |
|
L 7–22 | 16,000 | [5] [6] [7] |
October 6 | Missouri |
|
L 7–10 | |||
October 12 | at No. 14 Oklahoma State | L 12–26 | ||||
October 20 | Rice |
|
W 21–18 | |||
October 27 | at Tulane | L 7–19 | 28,000 | [8] | ||
November 3 | Texas |
|
L 7–12 | 23,000 | [9] | |
November 10 | at Texas A&M | L 0–3 | ||||
November 17 | Arkansas |
|
W 21–0 | |||
November 24 | Baylor |
|
W 34–0 | |||
December 1 | at TCU | W 34–0 | ||||
|
References
- ↑ "1945 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
- ↑ "AP 1945 First Team" . The Paris News . December 10, 1945. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "All-Southwest Conference" . The Shreveport Times . December 6, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ Ratliff, Harold V. (September 23, 1945). "Powerful SMU Ponies Crush Blackland Air Field, 51-0" . San Angelo Standard-Times . San Angelo, Texas . p. 10, section 1 . Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Overflow Crowd, Rain Forecast For Comet-SMU Game Tonight" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Corpus Christi, Texas . September 29, 1945. p. 1 . Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ Lee, Bill (September 30, 1945). "Navy Comets Roar Over Southern Methodist, 22 To 7" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Corpus Christi, Texas . p. 1D . Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ Lee, Bill (September 30, 1945). "Comets (continued)" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Corpus Christi, Texas . p. 2D . Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Intercepted passes give Tulane 19 to 7 triumph over SMU" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . October 28, 1945 . Retrieved April 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Bobby Layne's passes give Steers victory late in game" . Sunday American-Statesman . November 4, 1945 . Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Venues |
|
---|---|
Bowls & rivalries |
|
Culture & lore | |
People | |
Seasons |
|
National championship seasons in bold
|
This college football 1940s season article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . |