1946 college football season

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1946 college football season
First AP No. 1 of seasonTexas[1]
Number of bowls12
Champion(s)Notre Dame (AP)
Army (various)
Delaware (small college)
HeismanGlenn Davis (halfback, Army)
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The 1946 college football season finished with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish crowned as the national champion in the AP Poll, the Georgia Bulldogs recognized as national champion by the Williamson poll and United States Military Academy named as national champion in various other polls and rankings. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens were recognized by the AP as the small college national champion. Notre Dame and Army both won all of their games, with the exception of their November 9 meeting at New York's Yankee Stadium, where they had played to a 0–0 tie in a No. 1 vs No. 2 matchup regarded as a "Game of the Century". Neither team played in bowl game that season.

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of the Associated Press poll of sportswriters (the UPI Coaches poll would not start until 1950). The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions.[2]

Georgia and UCLA would finish the regular season as the only unbeaten and untied teams. UCLA lost in the Rose Bowl and Georgia was victorious in the Sugar Bowl.

Several new bowl games would debut, among them the Tangerine Bowl (later known as the Citrus Bowl and currently known as the VRBO Citrus Bowl).

Conference and program changes[]

Conference establishments[]

  • Three conferences began football play in 1946:
    • College Conference of Illinois – an active NCAA Division III conference; now known as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
    • Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference – a conference active through the 1948 season
    • Mason-Dixon Conference – an NCAA Division III conference active through the 1974 season

Membership changes[]

School 1945 Conference 1946 Conference
Houston Cougars Program Established Lone Star

September[]

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the third week of the season. Among the teams that had been ranked highest at the end of 1946, the two service academies—Army and Navy, as well as Alabama, Indiana and Oklahoma A&M, several had faltered before the first poll. Army beat Villanova 35–0 on September 21, and Oklahoma A&M beat Denver, 40–7, but Indiana lost to the University of Cincinnati, 15–6. Also on September 21, Houston of the Lone Star Conference played its first ever football game against Louisiana–Lafayette of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, in which Houston was defeated by a score of 13–7.

On September 28, Army beat Oklahoma 21–7, and Navy beat Villanova 7–0. Alabama edged Southern Mississippi in a game at Montgomery, 13–12. Indiana lost again, 21–0 at Michigan, and Oklahoma A&M was tied 21–21 by Arkansas. Notre Dame won at Illinois, 26–6, and UCLA beat Oregon State 50–7.

October[]

On October 5, Army beat Cornell 46–21. Navy lost at Columbia and dropped the rest of its games, finishing 1–8–0. Oklahoma A&M lost 54–6 at Texas and would finish at 3–7–1. Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 33–0. Michigan beat Iowa 14–7. UCLA won at Washington, 39–13. In the poll that followed, one voter split his first place vote between Texas, Army, and Notre Dame, who received 69⅓, 21⅓ and 15⅓ votes respectively. Michigan and UCLA rounded out the Top Five.

October 12 In Dallas, No. 1 Texas beat Oklahoma 20–13. No. 2 Army and No. 4 Michigan met in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the visiting Cadets won 20–13. No. 3 Notre Dame beat Purdue 49–6. No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Stanford 26–6. The next poll featured No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Michigan.

October 19 No. 1 Army beat No. 11 Columbia 48–14. No. 2 Notre Dame was idle. No. 3 Texas beat No. 14 Arkansas 20–0. No. 4 UCLA won at California 13–6. No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Northwestern played to a 14–14 tie. No. 9 Tennessee beat No. 7 Alabama 12–0. Army, Notre Dame, and Texas stayed as the top three, ahead of No. 4 Tennessee and No. 5 UCLA.

October 26 At the Polo Grounds in New York, No. 1 Army beat No. 13 Duke 19–0. No. 2 Notre Dame won at No. 17 Iowa, 49–6. In Houston, No. 3 Texas lost to No. 16 Rice, 18–13. No. 4 Tennessee lost to unranked Wake Forest, 19–6. No. 5 UCLA beat Santa Clara 33–7. No. 6 Penn beat Navy 32–19 and No. 7 Georgia won at Furman, 70–7. The next poll was No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Penn, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Georgia.

November[]

November 2 No. 1 Army beat West Virginia, 19–0. In Baltimore, No. 2 Notre Dame defeated Navy 28–0. No. 3 Pennsylvania lost to Princeton, 17–14. No. 5 Georgia beat No. 15 Alabama 14–0. No. 4 UCLA had beaten St. Mary's, 46–20, in a Friday night game. No. 8 Rice beat Texas Tech 41–6 and moved to No. 5 behind No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 UCLA.

November 9 A crowd of 74,000 turned out at New York's Yankee Stadium to watch No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame in a meeting of the nation's two unbeaten and untied teams. Both teams missed scoring opportunities. In the opening quarter, Army recovered a fumble on the Irish 24, but was stopped on fourth down at the 13 yard line. The Irish drove to the Army three yard line in the second quarter but no further. Army reached the Irish 20 yard line in the third quarter, but Notre Dame's Terry Brennan picked off a pass from Glenn Davis. In the last quarter, a bad punt was returned by Davis to the Irish 39 yard line, but Notre Dame forced a fumble and stopped any further scoring chances. The game ended in a scoreless tie, 0–0. .[3] In Jacksonville, No. 3 Georgia beat Florida 33-14. In Portland, No. 4 UCLA beat Oregon 14–0. No. 5 Rice lost in Little Rock to Arkansas, 7–0. No. 9 Penn moved back up to No. 5 after beating Columbia in New York's "other" football game, 41–6. The top four remained the same.

November 16 In its third meeting against a Top Five team, No. 1 Army beat No. 5 Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, 34–7. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Northwestern, 27–0. No. 3 Georgia beat Auburn 41–0 in a neutral site in Columbus, Georgia. No. 4 UCLA beat Montana 61–7. No. 9 Illinois beat No. 13 Ohio State 16–7 and replaced Penn at No. 5.

November 23 No. 1 Army was idle. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Tulane in New Orleans, 41–0. No. 3 Georgia won at Chattanooga, 48–27. No. 4 UCLA defeated No. 10 USC 13–6. No. 5 Illinois won at Northwestern, 20–0, to close its season with an 8–1–0 record. The top five remained the same.

November 30 No. 1 Army barely beat a 1–7–0 Navy team, 21–18, while No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 16 USC 26–6. Army still had a 9-0-1 record and had been ranked No. 1 in 22 of the last 23 AP Polls dating back to 1944, but the results of the final games convinced the voters to move the Irish up to first place in the postseason poll and the Cadets down to second. The rankings of the other top-five teams remained the same. No. 3 Georgia defeated No. 7 Georgia Tech 35–7, while No. 4 UCLA beat Nebraska 18–0 and accepted an invitation to face No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl.

Conference standings[]

Major conference standings[]

1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Illinois $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Michigan 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 20 Indiana 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio State 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Northwestern 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Purdue 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Big Six Conference football standings
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Kansas + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Oklahoma + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Missouri 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Nebraska 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Kansas State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Border Conference football standings
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Hardin–Simmons $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 1
New Mexico 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 2
Arizona 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
West Texas State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Texas Mines 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Arizona State 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 2
New Mexico State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Middle Three Conference football standings
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Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Tulsa $ 3 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Wichita 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Saint Louis 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 1
Drake 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Mountain States Conference football standings
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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
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Oregon State 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
USC 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Stanford 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Montana 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Washington State 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
California 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Idaho 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montana State $ 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Western State (CO) 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Colorado College 0 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Colorado Mines 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Southern Conference football standings
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No. 9 North Carolina $ 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
William & Mary 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 18 NC State 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Duke 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Richmond 3 – 2 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
VPI 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 3
VMI 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
George Washington 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Clemson 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Maryland 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Furman 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
The Citadel 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Southwest Conference football standings
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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

Independents[]

1946 Eastern college football independents records
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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
1946 Midwestern college football independents records
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –   8 – 0 – 1
Youngstown   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   9 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 3 – 0
Ohio   –   6 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   6 – 4 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bowling Green   –   5 – 3 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan   –   5 – 4 – 1
Akron   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Marquette   –   4 – 5 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 1
Wayne   –   2 – 5 – 1
Valparaiso   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Southern college football independents records
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Oklahoma City   –   10 – 1 – 0
Maryville   –   9 – 1 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 2 – 0
Middle Tennessee   –   6 – 2 – 1
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 3 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princess Anne   –   5 – 3 – 1
Sewanee   –   4 – 3 – 0
Chattanooga   –   5 – 5 – 0
Grambling   –   6 – 6 – 0
Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
West Virginia   –   5 – 5 – 0
Marshall   –   2 – 7 – 1
CCUNC   –   2 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 8 – 0
1946 Western college football independents records
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Pepperdine   –   8 – 1 – 0
Hawaii   –   8 – 2 – 0
Nevada   –   7 – 2 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   6 – 3 – 0
Loyola (CA)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   4 – 3 – 1
San Francisco   –   3 – 6 – 0
Santa Clara   –   2 – 5 – 1
Portland   –   1 – 4 – 1
La Verne   –   0 – 5 – 0

Minor conferences[]

Conference Champion(s) Record
California Collegiate Athletic Association San Jose State 4–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan State College 7–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southwestern (KS) 4–1
College Conference of Illinois North Central (IL) 7–1
Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference Westmar
Yankton 		4–1
Far Western Conference Humboldt State College 1–0–1
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler 6–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Central (IA)
Upper Iowa 		6–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Bethany 5–1
Lone Star Conference North Texas State Teachers 4–1
Mason–Dixon Conference Delaware 3–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kalamazoo
Hillsdale 		4–1
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Lawrence 6–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 6–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southeast Missouri State Teachers 5–0
Nebraska College Conference Doane 5–0–1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Adams State College 4–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa) 2–0–1
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Minot State Teachers 3–0–1
Ohio Athletic Conference Otterbein 4–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Southeastern State College (OK) 4–1
Pacific Northwest Conference Willamette 6–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference California State Teachers 4–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Montana State College 2–0–1
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Black Hills Teachers 4–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Redlands 2–0–2
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M College 6–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference Southern 5–0
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota Duluth State Teachers
Mankato State Teachers 		2–0–2
3–0–1
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Abilene Christian College
Southwestern (TX) 		3–0–1
Washington Intercollegiate Conference Central Washington 5–0
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference North: Superior State Teachers
Co-South: Milwaukee State Teachers
Co-South: Stevens Point State Teachers 		1–0–3
3–1–0
3–1

Minor conference standings[]

1946 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Fresno State 2 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Cal Poly 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Pacific 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
San Diego State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Santa Barbara 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern (KS) $ 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Washburn 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
St. Benedict's 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Pittsburg State 1 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 3
Fort Hays State 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Emporia State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 College Conference of Illinois football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Central (IL) $ 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wheaton (IL) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Augustana (IL) 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Millikin 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois College 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Elmhurst 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Carthage 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morgan State $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
West Virginia State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Virginia State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Howard 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lincoln (PA) 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
North Carolina College 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
North Carolina A&T 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Shaw 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Hampton 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bluefield State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Winston-Salem State 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Virginia Union 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 – 5 – 2 0 – 6 – 2
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
St. Augustine's 1 – 0 – 0 3 – 1 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Union + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Yankton + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Buena Vista 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Huron 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Sioux Falls 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 Far Western Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Humboldt State 1 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Chico State 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Cal Aggies 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 5 – 2
Southern Oregon 0 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
San Francisco State 0 – 0 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
  • No conference champion was named in 1946.
    Games played by Southern Oregon & San Francisco State did not count in the standings in 1946.
1946 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Northern Illinois State $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Southern Illinois 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Illinois State Normal 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Western Illinois 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Evansville 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 2
Wabash 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Earlham 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Hanover 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Franklin (IN) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Ball State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Indiana Central 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Indiana State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Manchester 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
DePauw 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 5 – 2
Canterbury 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Rose Poly 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
Valparaiso 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Bethany (KS) $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ottawa 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Baker 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
McPherson 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Kansas Wesleyan 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Bethel (KS) 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
College of Emporia 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Lone Star Conference football standings
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North Texas State $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Sam Houston State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
East Texas State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Southwest Texas State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Houston 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 Delaware $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Johns Hopkins 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Western Maryland 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 0
Hampden–Sydney 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Randolph–Macon 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Washington College 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Mount St. Mary's 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Hillsdale + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Kalamazoo + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Hope 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Albion 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Alma 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Adrian 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Gustavus Adolphus $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 1
St. Olaf 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Concordia (MN) 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Saint John's (MN) 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Saint Mary's (MN) 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Augsburg 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Macalester 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
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Missouri Valley $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Central Methodist 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
William Jewell 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Culver–Stockton 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Tarkio 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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SE Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Missouri Mines 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Kirksville State 2 – 1 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
NW Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
SW Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Central Missouri State 0 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Nebraska College Conference football standings
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Team W   L   T W   L   T
Doane $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Nebraska Wesleyan 5 – 0 – 2 7 – 1 – 3
Kearney State 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Peru State 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Midland 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wayne State (NE) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Hastings 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Chadron State 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 7 – 0
York (NE) 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 New England Conference football standings
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New Hampshire + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Connecticut + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island State 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Maine 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 North Central Conference football standings
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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
1946 North State Conference football standings
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Catawba $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Appalachian State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
High Point 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Western Carolina 1 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Lenoir–Rhyne 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Guilford 1 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Elon 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Atlantic Christian 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Northwest Conference football standings
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Willamette $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
College of Idaho 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Linfield 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 0
Puget Sound 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Pacific (OR) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Whitman 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
UBC 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Lewis & Clark   –   3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
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Otterbein $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Toledo 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Oberlin 1 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Muskingum 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 2
Mount Union 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Heidelberg 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Marietta 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Kent State 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ashland 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 5 – 1
Wittenberg 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wooster 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Case 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
John Carroll 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Capital 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Kenyon 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Ohio Northern 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
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SE Oklahoma State $ 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Central State (OK) 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
SW Oklahoma State 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
East Central 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Northeastern State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
NW Oklahoma State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
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Milligan $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Carson–Newman 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Emory and Henry 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tusculum 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Black Hills $ 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Northern State 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Southern State 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Mines 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Eastern Normal 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Southern California Conference football standings
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Redlands $ 2 – 0 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Whittier 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Pomona 1 – 1 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Occidental 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 2
Caltech 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
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Southern $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
Wiley 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Arkansas AM&N 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Prairie View 2 – 2 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Texas College 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Langston 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Samuel Huston 0 – 5 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Bishop ? – ? – ? 4 – 3 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Texas Conference football standings
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Abilene Christian + 3 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Southwestern (TX) + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
McMurry 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Howard Payne 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 2
Austin 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 Washington Intercollegiate Conference football standings
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Central Washington $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Eastern Washington 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Pacific Lutheran 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Western Washington 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Saint Martin's 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Whitworth 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Rankings[]

Main article: 1946 NCAA football rankings

Bowl games[]

Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Rose Bowl No. 5 Illinois 45 No. 4 UCLA 14
Sugar Bowl No. 3 Georgia 20 No. 9 North Carolina 10
Orange Bowl No. 10 Rice 8 No. 7 Tennessee 0
Cotton Bowl Classic No. 16 Arkansas 0 No. 8 LSU 0
Sun Bowl Cincinnati 18 VPI 6
Gator Bowl No. 14 Oklahoma 34 No. 18 NC State 13
Tangerine Bowl Catawba 31 Maryville 6
Oil Bowl No. 11 Georgia Tech 41 Saint Mary's 19
Raisin Bowl Utah State 0 San Jose State 20
Harbor Bowl Montana State 13 New Mexico 13
Alamo Bowl Hardin–Simmons 20 Denver 0
Cigar Bowl No. 19 Delaware 20 Rollins 3

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "October 7, 1946 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  2. ^ appollarchive.com/football/ap
  3. ^ "Fighting Irish Battle Army to 0-0 Stalemate", The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Nov. 10, 1946, p13
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