1946 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1946 Mountain States Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1946 Colorado Buffaloes football
1946 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Mountain States Conference
1946 record	5–4–1 (3–2–1 MSC)
Head coach	James J. Yeager (4th season);
Captain	Gus Shannon
Home stadium	Folsom Field
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1946 college football season. Led by James J. Yeager, who returned for his fourth season as head coach, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the MSC.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Iowa State*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 13–7	13,892
September 28	at Texas*	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–76	24,000
October 5	Utah State	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 6–0	9,200
October 12	at Wyoming	Corbett Field Laramie, WY	W 20–0	4,126
October 19	at BYU	Provo, UT	L 7–10	5,000
October 26	New Mexico*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 14–13	17,000	^[2]
November 2	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 0–7	10,575
November 9	at Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–21	6,000
November 16	Denver	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	T 13–13	21,000
November 28	Colorado A&M	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 18–0	9,000
*Non-conference game

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Buffaloes were selected.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
21	190	Bob West	Back	Green Bay Packers
22	202	Maurice "Tex" Reilly	Back	Green Bay Packers

^ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Colorado Athletic Department. 2015. pp. 128–130. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
^ "Colorado Shades Lobos, 14 to 13, as UNM's Last-Half Rally Falls Short". Albuquerque Journal. October 27, 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

This college football 1940s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This article about a sports team in Colorado is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

v t Colorado Buffaloes football
Venues	Campus fields (1890–1901) Gamble Field (1901–1924) Folsom Field (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State: Rocky Mountain Showdown Nebraska Utah: Rumble in the Rockies
Culture & lore	Ralphie the Buffalo "CU Fight Song" "Golden Buffalo" Marching band Fifth Down Game (1990) Miracle at Michigan
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1946 Mountain States Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Utah State $	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Denver $	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Utah	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Colorado	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
BYU	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Colorado A&M	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Wyoming	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion