1946 Texas Longhorns football team

1946 Southwest Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1946 Texas Longhorns football
1946 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 15
1946 record	8–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach	Dana X. Bible (10th season);
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 40,500)
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas, Austin in 1946 college football season. The Longhorns were led by the future College Football Hall of Fame head coach, Dana X. Bible, in his tenth year at Texas and final year of coaching. Texas was the first-ranked team in the initial AP Poll, before sliding throughout the season. The Longhorns posted a record of 8–2 and received a final ranking of 15th.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Missouri*		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 42–0
September 28	Colorado*		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 76–0	24,000
October 5	Oklahoma A&M*		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 54–6
October 12	vs. Oklahoma*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 20–13	50,000
October 19	No. 14 Arkansas	No. 3	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 20–0
October 26	at No. 16 Rice	No. 3	Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 13–18	30,000	^[3]
November 2	SMU	No. 7	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 19–3
November 9	at Baylor	No. 6	Waco Stadium Waco, TX	W 22–7
November 16	at TCU	No. 6	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 0–14
November 28	Texas A&M	No. 20	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 24–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors[]

Hub Bechtol, End, Consensus All-American^[4]

After the season[]

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Longhorns were selected.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
1	5	Hub Bechtol	End	Pittsburgh Steelers
2	13	Walt Heap	Back	Boston Yanks
6	45	Harlan Wetz	Tackle	Chicago Bears
8	59	Hank Harris	Guard	Washington Redskins
19	174	Frank Guess	Back	New York Giants
20	184	Tom Landry	Defensive back	New York Giants
20	185	Bill Cromer	Back	Washington Redskins
23	215	Al Lawler	Halfback	Chicago Bears
24	217	Ed Heap	Tackle	Boston Yanks
28	265	Joe Billy Baumgardner	Halfback	Chicago Bears

References[]

^ Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.
^ Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.
^ Wilbur Evans (October 27, 1946). "Owls Stage Big Upset as They Wallop Steers: Rice Zooms To New High With Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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[1] Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.

[2] Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.

[3] Wilbur Evans (October 27, 1946). "Owls Stage Big Upset as They Wallop Steers: Rice Zooms To New High With Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf

[5] "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Nebraska Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Rice TCU Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	History Brown years Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Longhorn Band The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2007 player suspensions 2008 Texas Tech game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 1 Second Left My All American
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

1946 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Rice +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Arkansas +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	2
No. 15 Texas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Baylor	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll