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
Record5–5 (4–1 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainEran Burgert
Home stadiumOwen Field (capacity: 32,000)
1945 Big Six Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri $ 5 –0 –06 –4 –0
Oklahoma 4 –1 –05 –5 –0
Iowa State 2 –2 –14 –3 –1
Nebraska 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Kansas 1 –3 –14 –5 –1
Kansas State 0 –5 –01 –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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 222:30 p.m.Hondo AAF*
W 21–610,000[5][6][7]
September 29at Nebraska
W 20–017,000
October 6Texas A&M*
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
L 14–197,500[8]
October 13vs. No. 10 Texas*
L 7–1245,000[9]
October 20Kansas
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
W 39–713,000[10]
October 27at Kansas State
W 41–13
November 3TCU*No. 14
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
L 7–13
November 10Iowa State
  • Owen Field
  • Norman, OK
W 14–713,163
November 17at MissouriNo. –14
L 6–14
November 24No. 6 Oklahoma A&M*
L 0–4733,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[11]

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.
— = Not ranked.
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP———14—15———

After the season

NFL draft
Main article: 1946 NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[12]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
642Thurman TigartGuardBoston Yanks
15133Tom TallchiefTacklePittsburgh Steelers
23220Derald LebowBackLos Angeles Rams
32300John WestBackLos Angeles Rams

References
  1. "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. 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. "Heavy Hondo Team Menaces Inexperienced OU Eleven". The Oklahoma Daily. Norman, Oklahoma. September 22, 1945. p. 7. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Pierce, Don (September 23, 1945). "Sooner Show Heels to Hondo, 21-6". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 1B. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. Pierce, Don (September 23, 1945). "Sooner Dashes Down Hondo Airmen, 21-6 (continued)". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 2B. Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Kansas U. Beats Washburn, 34-0". The Wichita Eagle. Associated Press. October 13, 1945. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Texas defeats Oklahoma, 12–7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 14, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Hal Middlesworth (October 21, 1945). "Sooners Paddle Kansas, 39-7". The Daily Oklahoman. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. DeLassus, David. "Oklahoma Yearly Results 1945–1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  12. "1946 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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