1946 South Dakota Coyotes football team

1946 North Central Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1946 South Dakota Coyotes football
1946 South Dakota Coyotes football
Conference	North Central Conference
1946 record	2–4 (1–2 NCC)
Head coach	Harry Gamage (9th season);
Home stadium	Inman Field
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1946 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Harry Gamage, the team compiled a 2–4 record (1–2 against NCC opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 106 to 38.^[1] The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.

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v t South Dakota Coyotes football
Venues	(1926–1978) DakotaDome (1979–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota) South Dakota State
Culture & lore	"Hail, South Dakota!"
People	NFL draftees
	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1902 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 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 1975 1977 1979 1980 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1946 North Central Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Iowa State Teachers $	2	–	0	–	1	4	–	1	–	2
North Dakota Agricultural	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
South Dakota State	2	–	1	–	2	3	–	3	–	2
North Dakota	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Morningside	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
South Dakota	1	–	2	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Augustana (SD)	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion