1946 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1946 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
1946 record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Army   –   9 – 0 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   9 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Buffalo   –   7 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 2 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   6 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Dartmouth   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   0 – 6 – 0
Fordham   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1946 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–1–1 record.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Merchant Marine
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 33–021,000[3]
October 5Colgate
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–638,000[4]
October 12No. 11 ColumbiaNo. 15
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–2865,000[5]
October 19at Cornell
T 6–627,000[6]
October 26Coast Guard
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–1410,000[7]
November 2Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 33–266,000[8]
November 9Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 49–040,000[9]
November 16PrincetonNo. 18
W 30–270,000[10]
November 23at HarvardNo. 15
W 27–1457,300[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season[]

Main article: 1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bulldogs were selected.[12]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
1 3 Fritz Barzilauskas Guard Boston Yanks
30 277 John Prchlik Defensive tackle Boston Yanks
31 292 Bill Schuler Tackle New York Giants

References[]

  1. ^ "1946 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Yale Eleven Whips Kings Point, 33-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1946. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yale Shocks Colgate; Second Half Attack Nets 27-6 Eli Win". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Ward, Gene (October 13, 1946). "Lion Rally Trims Yale, 28-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 20, 1946). "Long Cornell Run Knots Ithaca Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 27, 1946). "Yale Drubs Coast Guard Team, 47-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 3, 1946). "Yale Overpowers Dartmouth, 33 to 2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 10, 1946). "Yale Overwhelms Brown by 49 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Young, Dick (November 17, 1946). "Yale Rips Tiger, 30-2". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Young, Dick (November 24, 1946). "Yale Blasts Harvard, 27-14, for Big 3 Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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