1945 Missouri Tigers football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record6–4 (5–0 Big 6)
Headcoach
- Chauncey Simpson (3rd season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 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
| 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 | 8,000 | [4] | ||||
| 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 | [5] | |||
| January 1, 1946 | vs. No. 10 Texas | L 27–40 | 46,000 | [6] | ||||
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Rankings
| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 14т | — |
