1945 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1945 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record5–5 (4–1 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainEran Burgert
Home stadiumOwen Field
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

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]

  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.