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1945 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1945
team	Oklahoma A&M Cowboys
sport	football
conference	Missouri Valley Conference
short_conf	MVC
APRank	5
record	9–0
conf_record	1–0
head_coach	Jim Lookabaugh
hc_year	7th
stadium	Lewis Field
champion	National champion (AFCA)
MVC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
bowl	[Sugar Bowl](1946-sugar-bowl)
bowl_result	W 33–13 vs. [Saint Mary's](1945-saint-mary-s-gaels-football-team)

MVC champion Sugar Bowl champion 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.

Oklahoma A&M was awarded a retroactive national championship and The Coaches' Trophy 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. The 1945 season remains the only undefeated season in school history.

On offense, the 1945 team averaged 31.7 points, 286.9 rushing yards, and 133.5 passing yards per game. 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.

Halfback Bob Fenimore led the nation with 1,048 rushing yards. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Schedule

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Rankings

Roster

Neill Armstrong
A. L. Bennett
M. L. "Bud" Brewton
John Carey
J. D. Cheek
Bert Cole
Jake Colhouer
Mack Creager
Bob DeMoss
Ross Duckett
Bob Faucette
Bob Fenimore
Jean M. Fitter
Thurman Gay, Jr.
Harvey Griffin
Billy Grimes
Cecil Hankins
Bob Hargrove
Bill Houck
Sammy Howell
George H. Ivie
Ed Jeffers
Afton Kelly
Bill Long
Alex Loyd
Robert L. Memert
Terry Monroe
Glenn Moore
Jim Parmer
Jim Reynolds
Otis Schellstede
John Shelley
Franklin Spruiell
Joe Thomas
Don E. Van Pool
Nate J. Watson
Wayne Weaver
Edgar Welch
Don Wiebener
Marvin Wilkerson

After the season

The 1946 NFL draft was held on January 14, 1946. The following Cowboys were selected.

32	297	Otis Schellstede	Guard	Detroit Lions

References

(March 10, 2017). "The Coaches' Trophy — 1945 Oklahoma A&M". [[American Football Coaches Association]].
"Oklahoma State Cowboy Football 2016 Guide". Oklahoma State University.
"1945 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
2016 Football Guide, p. 144.
2016 Football Guide, p. 138.
2016 Football Guide, p. 140.
(1946). "The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1946". A.S. Barnes and Company.
(2016). "Football Award Winners". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA).
2016 Football Guide, p. 154.
Culpepper, Chuck. (2016-10-13). "Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship". The Washington Post.
Tramel, Berry. (2017-08-23). "Why is Oklahoma State on an island with the retroactive titles?". The Daily Oklahoman.
Marshall, Kendrick. (October 18, 2016). "AFCA member explains why OSU awarded 1945 national championship". Tulsa World.
Fornelli, Tom. (2016-10-13). "Why Oklahoma State has been named college football's 1945 national champion". CBS Sports.
(September 30, 1945). "Razorbacks go down before Aggie eleven". Sunday Times-Democrat.
Wally Wallis. (October 7, 1945). "Puncher Reserves Sparkle in 31-7 Lacing of Denver". The Daily Oklahoman.
(October 13, 1945). "Fenimore, Grimes team to beat Ponies, 26–12". The Daily Oklahoman.
(October 21, 1945). "Cowboys scamper over Utah 46–6; Fenimore stars". The Enid Morning News.
(October 28, 1945). "Fenimore hurt after pacing 25–12 victory". The Altus Times-Democrat.
(November 18, 1944). "Aggies swamp Texas Tech 46–6". The Daily Ardmoreite.
(November 25, 1945). "Aggie Speed, Power Crush Sooners 47-0". The Norman Transcript.
(January 2, 1946). "Gaels Lose, 33-13: Phelan Clan Makes Hit In Defeat". Oakland Tribune.
"1946 NFL Draft Listing".

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