1946 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football
KIAC champion
ConferenceKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–4 (3–1 KIAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Kentucky $ 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Morehead State 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Murray State 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Louisville 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College (now known as Eastern Kentucky University) as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their tenth and final season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a 5–4 record (3–1 against KIAC opponents), won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 112 to 88.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20at Tennessee Poly*Cokeville, TNW 13–0[2]
September 28at Catawba*
L 7–9[3]
October 5Central Michigan*daggerRichmond, KYL 7–20[4]
October 12at Murray StateMurray, KYW 26–13[5]
October 19Tennessee Poly*Richmond, KYL 7–20[6]
October 26Valparaiso*Richmond, KYW 12–7
November 2at Morehead StateMorehead, KYL 6–12[7]
November 9LouisvilleRichmond, KYW 28–7[8]
November 16at Western Kentucky State TeachersBowling Green, KY (rivalry)W 6–0[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book" (PDF). Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Maroons Triumph 13-0". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 21, 1946. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Indians Check Eastern, 9-7: Catawba Racks Up Point On Breaks". The Herald-Sun. Durham, North Carolina. September 29, 1946. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Central Michigan Tops Eastern, 20-7, In Maroon Homecoming At Richmond". The Lexington Herald. October 6, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Underdog Eastern Tops Murray 26-13". The Courier-Journal. October 13, 1946. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Eastern Bows to TPI, 20-7". The Park city Daily News. October 20, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Morehead Scores 12-6 Victory In Eastern Contest". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. November 3, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Louisville Is Handed 28-7 Bump". The Sunday Courier and Press. Evansville, Indiana. November 10, 1946. p. 4B.
  9. ^ "Hilltoppers Bow To Eastern Teachers 6-0". Messenger-Inquirer. November 17, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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