1946 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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Conference | Mountain States Conference |
Record | 5–4–1 (3–2–1 MSC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Gus Shannon |
Home stadium | Folsom Field |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Colorado Buffaloes american college football team season 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. In their fourth season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Buffaloes compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against MSC opponents), tied for fourth place in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 147 to 91.
End John Zisch and guard Gus Shannon were selected by the International News Service as first-team players on the 1946 All-Mountain States football team. Center Dean was named to the second team.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 21 | Iowa State* | W 13–7 | 17,500 | [2] | |
September 28 | at Texas* | L 0–76 | 25,000 | [3] | |
October 5 | Utah State |
| W 6–0 | 9,200 | [4] |
October 12 | at Wyoming | W 20–0 | 4,126 | [5] | |
October 19 | at BYU | Provo, UT | L 7–10 | 5,000 | [6] |
October 26 | New Mexico* |
| W 14–13 | 17,000 | [7] |
November 2 | at Utah | L 0–7 | 10,515 | [8] | |
November 9 | at Missouri* | L 0–21 | 6,000 | [9] | |
November 16 | Denver |
| T 13–13 | 21,000 | [10] |
November 28 | Colorado A&M |
| W 18–0 | 9,000 | [11] |
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The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Buffaloes were selected.[15]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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21 | 190 | Bob West | Back | Green Bay Packers |
22 | 202 | Maurice "Tex" Reilly | Back | Green Bay Packers |