1945 Southern Jaguars football team
| 1945 Southern Jaguars football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (5–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | University Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1945 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 195 to 111.[1]
The team played its home games at University Stadium in Scotlandville, Louisiana (which has since been annexed into the Baton Rouge city limits).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | MacDill Field | Baton Rouge, LA | T 0–0 | [2] | |
| October 6 | Jackson Barracks | Baton Rouge, LA | W 27–0 | [3] | |
| October 12 | Sam Huston |
| W 30–0 | [4] | |
| October 20 | Arkansas A&M | Baton Rouge, LA | W 45–0 | ||
| October 27 | at Langston | Langston, OK | W 20–6 | 3,000 | [5] |
| November 3 | at Texas College | Houston, TX | W 6–0 | ||
| November 10 | at Tennessee A&I | Nashville, TN | L 0–33 | [6] | |
| November 17 | vs. Wiley | L 0–33 | 6,000 | [7] | |
| November 23 | Godman Field | Scotlandville, LA | L 21–33 | [8] | |
| December 1 | Prairie View A&M | Baton Rouge, LA | W 46–6 | [9] |
References
- ^ "Southern Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ "Southern, MacDill in Tie". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 6, 1945. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jackson Barracks Negro Team Loses to Southern". The Times-Picayune. October 8, 1945. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern Wallops Sam Houston, 30-0". The Houston Post. October 13, 1945. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern Tops Langston To Remain Undefeated". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 3, 1945. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee State Mauls Southern". The Nashville Tennessean. November 11, 1945. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Unbeaten Wiley Wallops Southern, 33 to 0". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 24, 1945. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Godman Field Tops Southern U." The Lexington Herald. November 24, 1945. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern Cats Claw P. View". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 8, 1945. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.