1945 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1945 Missouri Tigers football Big Six Conference Big 6 6–4 5–0 Chauncey Simpson 3rd Memorial Stadium Big 6 champion Cotton Bowl Classic L 27–40 vs. Texas 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.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1944-schedule.html 1944 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 10, 20162016 Mizzou Football Media Guide University of Missouri 158 November 10, 2016 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2016/7/13/16_fb_media_guide.pdf November 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161110235532/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2016/7/13/16_fb_media_guide.pdf dead The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorers were Loyd Brinkman and Robert Hopkins, each with 30 points.2014 Mizzou Football Records Book University of Missouri 26 November 11, 2016 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf September 28, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf dead Schedule 1945 AP y y y September 22 at Minnesota<ncg> Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN L 0-34 34,246 September 29 Ohio State<ncg> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO L 6-47 41,299 October 6 at SMU<ncg> Ownby Stadium University Park, TX W 10-7 8,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-missouri-bounces-back/168218072/ The Arizona Daily Star Missouri bounces back; Trips favored S.M.U. eleven, 10–7 October 7, 1945 March 17, 2025 Newspapers.com October 13 at Iowa State Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry) W 13-7 8,157 October 20 Kansas State Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO W 41-7 October 27 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) W 19-0 November 3 at Michigan State<ncg> Macklin Field East Lansing, MI L 7-14 November 17 No. T–14 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) W 14-6 November 24 vs Kansas 16 Blues Stadium Kansas City, MO (rivalry) W 33-12 21,494 Missouri Wallops Kansas 33-12 to Take Big Six Flag The Sunday News and Tribune Associated Press November 25, 1945 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115050234/missouri-wallops-kansas-33-12-to-take/ Newspapers.com January 1, 1946 vs No. 10 Texas Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl) L 27-40 46,000 Missouri Shows Texas Some Football but Longhorns Win, 40-27 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bob Broeg January 2, 1946 4B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29878299/missouri_shows_texas_some_football_but/ Newspapers.com Rankings 1945 college football rankings AP 1 9 NR NR NR NR NR NR 16 14т NR References Missouri Category:Missouri Tigers football seasons Category:Big Eight Conference football champion seasons Missouri Tigers football