The 1945 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1945 college football season. The team compiled a 6–4 record (5–0 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, lost to Texas in the 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 174 to 170. Chauncey Simpson was the head coach for the third of three seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
| 1945 Missouri Tigers football | |
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Big 6 champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 27–40 vs. Texas | |
| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (5–0 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's leading scorers were Loyd Brinkman and Robert Hopkins, each with 30 points.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | at Minnesota* | L 0–34 | 34,246 | |||||
| September 29 | Ohio State* | L 6–47 | 41,299 | |||||
| October 6 | at SMU* | W 10–7 | ||||||
| October 13 | at Iowa State | W 13–7 | 8,157 | |||||
| October 20 | Kansas State |
| W 41–7 | |||||
| October 27 | Nebraska |
| W 19–0 | |||||
| November 3 | at Michigan State* | L 7–14 | ||||||
| November 17 | No. T–14 Oklahoma |
| W 14–6 | |||||
| November 24 | vs. Kansas | No. 16 | W 33–12 | 21,494 | [4] | |||
| January 1, 1946 | vs. No. 10 Texas | L 27–40 | 46,000 | [5] | ||||
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 14т | — |
References
edit- ^ "1944 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ "Missouri Wallops Kansas 33-12 to Take Big Six Flag". The Sunday News and Tribune. Associated Press. November 25, 1945. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bob Broeg (January 2, 1946). "Missouri Shows Texas Some Football but Longhorns Win, 40-27". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
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