1945 Saint Louis Billikens football team
American college football season
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The 1945 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1945 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 5–4 record (0–1 against MVC opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 194 to 139.[1] The team played its home games at Walsh Stadium in St. Louis.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–4 (0–1 MVC)
Headcoach
- Dukes Duford (6th season)
HomestadiumWalsh Stadium
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (0–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Walsh Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Oklahoma A&M $ | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Tulsa | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Kirksville State* |
| W 96–6 | |||||
| October 6 | Missouri Mines* |
| W 32–0 | |||||
| October 12 | at Miami (FL)* | L 0–21 | ||||||
| October 20 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| W 27–0 | |||||
| October 26 | Olathe NAS* |
| W 19–13 | 7,000 | [2][3] | |||
| November 3 | Drake |
| L 0–25 | |||||
| November 11 | 2:30 p.m. | Fort Riley* |
| W 14–7 | 7,000 | [4][5] | ||
| November 18 | at Detroit* | L 0–27 | 10,671 | [6] | ||||
| November 22 | at Marquette* | L 6–40 | 7,500 | [7] | ||||
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