1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
National champion (AFCA); MVC champion; Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 33–13 vs. Saint Mary's
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 5
Record	9–0 (1–0 MVC)
Head coach	Jim Lookabaugh (7th season);
Home stadium	Lewis Field
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (later renamed Oklahoma State University–Stillwater) in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1945 college football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Jim Lookabaugh and played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma A&M was awarded a retroactive national championship and The Coaches' Trophy^[1] by the AFCA after compiling a 9–0 record, winning the Missouri Valley championship, defeating Saint Mary's in the 1946 Sugar Bowl, and being ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll.^[2] The 1945 season remains the only undefeated season in school history.^[3]^[4]

On offense, the 1945 team averaged 31.7 points, 286.9 rushing yards, and 133.5 passing yards per game.^[5] On defense, the team allowed an average of 8.4 points, 108.6 rushing yards and 79.6 passing yards per game. In addition, the Aggies also outscored all opponents by a combined total of 285 to 76.^[6]

Halfback Bob Fenimore led the nation with 1,048 rushing yards.^[7] He also led the team with 593 passing yards, 72 points scored, and seven interceptions. Fenimore was selected as a consensus first-team halfback on the 1945 All-America college football team.^[8] He was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Three Oklahoma A&M players received first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 1945: Bob Fenimore, end Neill Armstrong, and lineman J. C. Colhouer.^[9]

In 2016, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the organization responsible for the Coaches Poll, awarded Oklahoma A&M the 1945 national championship and The Coaches' Trophy.^[10] The AFCA tasked a Blue Ribbon Commission, consisting of former Baylor coach Grant Teaff, Georgia's Vince Dooley, and Texas A&M's R. C. Slocum, to award retroactive national titles for the years spanning 1922 to 1949 and invited schools to nominate their teams.^[11]^[12]^[13]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Arkansas*		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 19–14	10,000	^[14]
October 6	at Denver*		Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	W 31–7	20,000 (17,311 paid)	^[15]
October 12	vs. SMU*	No. 14	Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	W 26–12	18,500	^[16]
October 20	at Utah*	No. 15	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 46–6		^[17]
October 27	at TCU*	No. 17	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 25–12	15,000	^[18]
November 10	No. 19 Tulsa	No. 11	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	W 12–6	18,000
November 17	Texas Tech*	No. 8	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 46–6	10,000	^[19]
November 24	at Oklahoma*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	W 47–0	33,000	^[20]
January 1, 1946	vs. No. 7 Saint Mary's*	No. 5	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 33–13	75,000	^[21]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	14	15	17	9	11	8	6	6	5

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
8	66	Bert Cole	Tackle	Green Bay Packers
9	71	Jake Colhouer	Guard	Chicago Cardinals
32	297	Otis Schellstede	Guard	Detroit Lions

1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

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Roster

After the season

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1945 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll