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 was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season saw the return of many programs which had suspended play during World War II, and also the enrollment of many veterans returning from the war.

The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1946 were:

  1. The 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team compiled an 8–0–1 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll. The Fighting Irish, led by consensus All-Americans Johnny Lujack at quarterback and George Connor at tackle, played a scoreless tie against No. 2 Army in a game billed as the "Game of the Century". Notre Dame also ranked first in the nation in total offense (441.3 yards per game), rushing offense (340.1 yards per game), and total defense (141.7 yards per game).
  2. The 1946 Army Cadets football team compiled a 9–0–1 and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP poll. Army had won consecutive national championships in 1944 and 1945 and was led by 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis and 1945 Heisman winner Doc Blanchard.
  3. The 1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship, was ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll, and defeated No. 9 North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs ranked second nationally in total offense (394.6 yards per game). They were led by Charley Trippi who tallied 1,366 yards of total offense and won the Maxwell Award as the best player in college football.
  4. The 1946 UCLA Bruins football team compiled a 10–0 record in the regular season, won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship, was ranked No. 4 in the final AP poll, but lost to No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl.

The year's statistical leaders included Rudy Mobley of Hardin–Simmons with 1,262 rushing yards, Travis Tidwell of Auburn with 1,715 yards of total offense, Bobby Layne of Texas with 1,122 passing yards, and Joe Carter of Florida N&I with 152 points scored.

Delaware compiled a 10–0 record and was recognized by the AP as the small college national champion. Morgan State (8–0) and Tennessee A&I (10–1) have been recognized as the black college national champions.

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

Membership changes

School 1945 Conference 1946 Conference
Houston Cougars Program Established Lone Star

Season timeline

September

Significant games played in September 1946 included the following:

September 21

September 27–28

October

October 5

The first AP Poll of the 1946 season was issued on October 7 with Texas ranked No. 1, Army No. 2, Notre Dame No. 3, Michigan No. 4 and UCLA No. 5.

October 12

The next poll featured No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Michigan.

October 19

Army, Notre Dame, and Texas stayed as the top three, ahead of No. 4 Tennessee and No. 5 UCLA.

October 26

The next poll was No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Penn, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Georgia.

November

November 2

In the poll that followed No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Rice.

November 9

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In the poll that followed, 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

November 23

The top five remained the same.

November 30

With the exception of Notre Dame leapfrogging Army, the rankings of the other top-five teams remained the same.

December

On December 2, the final AP Poll was issued with Notre Dame at No. 1, Army at No. 2, Georgia at No. 3, UCLA at No. 4, Illinois at No. 5, Michigan at No. 6, Tennessee at No. 7, LSU at No. 8, North Carolina at No. 9, and Rice at No. 10.

Notable post-season games played in December included:

New Year's Day bowl games

Major bowls

Wednesday, January 1, 1947

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 No. 16 Arkansas 0 No. 8 LSU 0
No. 1 Notre Dame (8–0–1), No. 2 Army (9–0–1), and No. 6 Michigan (6–2–1) were idle in bowl season.

Other bowls

Wednesday, January 1, 1947

Bowl game Winning team Losing team
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
^ The Alamo Bowl was postponed three days due to weather (ice).[3][4]

Conference standings

Major conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including at least one state flagship public university or a team ranked in the final AP poll and the Ivy League.

1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 A&M 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Yale 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Harvard 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Penn 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Cornell 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Columbia 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Brown 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 5 – 2 – 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 Mid-America Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cincinnati $ 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Western Reserve 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 2
Ohio 0 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wayne 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
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
1946 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Connecticut + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island State 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts State 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Vermont 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 3 – 2
Maine 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Major independents

1946 Eastern major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Army   –   9 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   6 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Merchant Marine   –   4 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Fordham   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Midwestern major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –   8 – 0 – 1
Detroit   –   6 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Marquette   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Southern major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga   –   5 – 5 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 5 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 8 – 0
1946 Western major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nevada   –   7 – 2 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   6 – 3 – 0
San Francisco   –   3 – 6 – 0
Santa Clara   –   2 – 5 – 1
Portland   –   1 – 4 – 1

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 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arkansas Tech $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Ouachita Baptist 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Henderson State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Magnolia A&M 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Ozarks 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Arkansas State Teachers 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Hendrix 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Monticello A&M 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Badger State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern (WI) $ 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 1
Wisconsin Tech 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 1 – 0
Mission House 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Milton 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin–Extension 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
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 (CA) 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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Morgan State $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 West Virginia State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Virginia State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Howard 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Lincoln (PA) 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 North Carolina College 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 North Carolina A&T 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Shaw 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
No. 22 Hampton 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
No. 18 Bluefield State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Winston-Salem State 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
No. 22 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
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
1946 Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
  • No conference champion was named in 1946.
1946 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
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 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central (IA) + 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Upper Iowa + 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
St. Ambrose 1 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Parsons 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Dubuque 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Luther 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Simpson 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Iowa Wesleyan 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Buena Vista 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Wartburg 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Western Union 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Loras 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
William Penn 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southeastern Louisiana $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Northwestern State 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bates $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Maine 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Bowdoin 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Colby 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Wilberforce 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
No. 7 Lincoln (MO) 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
No. 19 Kentucky State 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
1946 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lawrence $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Ripon 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Cornell (IA) 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Carleton 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Beloit 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Grinnell 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Knox 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Coe 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Minnesota Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mankato State + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Duluth State + 2 – 0 – 2 4 – 1 – 2
Bemidji State 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
St. Cloud State 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Moorhead State 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 2
Winona State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1946 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri Valley $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Central (MO) 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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southeast Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Missouri Mines 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Kirksville State 2 – 1 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
Northwest Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Southwest 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
Conf Overall
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 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
York (NE) 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 New Mexico Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Adams State $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
New Mexico Teachers 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
New Mexico Military 2 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ?
Eastern New Mexico 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
New Mexico Highlands 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Minot State $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Valley City State 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
Wahpeton Science 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Jamestown 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Ellendale 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Dickinson State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Mayville State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
British Columbia 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Lewis & Clark   –   3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Otterbein $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Toledo 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Muskingum 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Oberlin 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 2
Mount Union 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Findlay 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Marietta 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Kent State 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Akron 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Ashland 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Wooster 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Denison 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Case 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
John Carroll 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Kenyon 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Capital 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
Ohio Northern 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southeastern (OK) $ 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Central State (OK) 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Southwestern Tech 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
East Central 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Northeastern State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Northwestern State (OK) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
California (PA) $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Mansfield 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
West Chester 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Slippery Rock 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Indiana (PA) 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bloomsburg 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Millersville 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Clarion 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Lock Haven 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
East Stroudsburg 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Shippensburg 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Kutztown 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Edinboro 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1946 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Southeastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Allen $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Bethune–Cookman 1 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Florida N&I 1 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Paine 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Claflin 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
1946 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
No. 5 Lane 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Clark (GA) 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 – 4 – 3 1 – 4 – 3
Knoxville   –     –  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
1946 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Southern $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 12 Wiley 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
No. 6 Arkansas AM&N 3 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
No. 9 Prairie View A&M 2 – 2 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
No. 13 Texas College 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
No. 22 Langston 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
No. 23 Samuel Huston 0 – 5 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
No. 25 Bishop ? – ? – ? 4 – 3 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
1946 Texas Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
1946 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Liberty State $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Potomac State 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
West Virginia Tech 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Fairmont State 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
West Virginia Wesleyan 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Davis & Elkins 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Morris Harvey 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Concord 1 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Glenville State 1 – 5 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Shepherd 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Salem 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Marshall * 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Bethany (WV) * 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.
1946 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
Superior State x 1 – 0 – 3 2 – 1 – 3
River Falls State 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
Stout Institute 1 – 1 – 2 2 – 2 – 2
Eau Claire State 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
La Crosse State 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Southern Division
Stevens Point State x 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 1
Milwaukee State x 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Oshkosh State 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Platteville State 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Whitewater State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

Non-major independents

1946 Eastern non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Muhlenberg   –   9 – 1 – 0
Geneva   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dickinson   –   6 – 1 – 0
Alfred   –   5 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 2 – 1
St. Lawrence   –   5 – 2 – 0
American International   –   4 – 2 – 1
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cortland State   –   4 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Springfield   –   4 – 4 – 0
New York A&T   –   3 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   3 – 3 – 0
Scranton   –   4 – 5 – 1
Gettysburg   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 0
Coast Guard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1946 Midwestern non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Norbert   –   8 – 0 – 0
Youngstown   –   7 – 1 – 0
Bradley   –   7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
Defiance   –   6 – 2 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carroll (WI)   –   4 – 2 – 1
Bowling Green   –   5 – 3 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan   –   5 – 4 – 1
Michigan Tech   –   3 – 2 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   3 – 2 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 1
Xavier   –   3 – 7 – 0
Detroit Tech   –   1 – 6 – 1
Valparaiso   –   1 – 7 – 0
Sterling   –   1 – 8 – 0
Haskell   –   0 – 7 – 0
1946 Southern non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma City   –   10 – 1 – 0
Maryville (TN)   –   9 – 1 – 0
East Tennessee State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Millsaps   –   5 – 1 – 0
Middle Tennessee   –   6 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Trinity (TX)   –   6 – 2 – 0
Louisville Municipal   –   5 – 2 – 0
Fayetteville State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princess Anne   –   5 – 3 – 1
Austin Peay   –   5 – 4 – 0
Arkansas State   –   4 – 3 – 3
Sewanee   –   4 – 3 – 0
Livingston State   –   4 – 3 – 0
Tennessee Tech   –   5 – 5 – 0
Troy State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Grambling   –   2 – 5 – 0
Texas A&I   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCUNC   –   2 – 4 – 0
Centre   –   0 – 7 – 0
1946 Western non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southern Oregon   –   8 – 0 – 0
Pepperdine   –   8 – 1 – 0
Hawaii   –   8 – 2 – 0
Northern Idaho State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Loyola (CA)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   4 – 3 – 1
San Francisco State   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boise State   –   3 – 4 – 2
Eastern Oregon   –   2 – 5 – 0
La Verne   –   0 – 5 – 0

Rankings

Main article: 1946 NCAA football rankings

Award and honors

Heisman Trophy voting

The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

Player School Position Total
Glenn Davis Army HB 792
Charley Trippi Georgia HB 435
Johnny Lujack Notre Dame QB 379
Doc Blanchard Army FB 267
Arnold Tucker Army QB 257
Herman Wedemeyer St. Mary's (CA) HB 101
Burr Baldwin UCLA E 49
Bobby Layne Texas QB 45

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All-America Team

Main article: 1946 College Football All-America Team

Statistical leaders

Team leaders

Total offense

Rank Team Games played Total plays Yards gained Yards per game
1 Notre Dame 9 690 3972 441.3
2 Georgia 10 622 3946 394.6
3 Nevada 8 484 3114 389.3
4 UCLA 10 646 3779 377.9
5 Michigan 9 588 3122 366.9
6 Hardin–Simmons 10 642 3594 359.4
7 Boston College 9 598 3159 351.0
8 Yale 9 598 3095 343.9
9 Utah 8 531 2747 343.4
10 Penn 8 503 2720 340.0
11 William & Mary 10 601 3383 338.3
12 Army 10 608 3355 335.5
13 Chattanooga 10 592 3299 329.9
14 Arizona 10 674 3289 328.9
15 Texas 10 614 3281 328.1

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Total defense

Rank Team Games played Total plays Yards gained Yards per game
1 Notre Dame 9 465 1275 141.7
2 Oklahoma 10 539 1550 155.0
3 Penn State 8 454 1271 158.9
4 NC State 10 501 1621 162.1
5 Rice 10 547 1663 166.3
6 Davidson 9 432 1498 166.4
7 Hardin–Simmons 10 537 1673 167.3
8 Mississippi State 10 502 1695 169.5
9 Harvard 9 501 1536 1707
10 Texas 10 562 1760 176.0
11 Boston College 9 469 1591 176.8
12 LSU 10 520 1786 178.6
13 Holy Cross 9 467 1609 178.8
14 Indiana 9 459 1619 179.9
15 William & Mary 10 521 1816 181.6

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Rushing offense

Rank Team Games Rushes Yards gained Yards per game
1 Notre Dame 9 567 3061 340.1
2 Hardin–Simmons 10 540 2906 290.6
3 Utah 8 418 2108 263.5
4 Detroit 10 510 2632 263.2
5 UCLA 10 508 2598 259.8
6 Oklahoma 10 499 2354 235.4
7 North Carolina 10 452 2341 234.1
8 Yale 9 452 2100 233.3
9 Penn 8 378 1865 233.1
10 Army 10 454 2242 224.2
11 Georgia 10 416 2209 220.9
12 Northwestern 9 396 1958 217.6
13 Mississippi State 10 487 2163 216.3
14 William & Mary 10 455 2118 211.8
15 Davidson 9 428 1904 211.6

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Rushing defense

Rank Team Games Rushes Yards gained Yards per game
1 Oklahoma 10 359 580 58.0
2 Mississippi State 10 334 664 66.4
3 Harvard 9 330 679 75.4
4 South Carolina 8 292 637 79.6
5 Notre Dame 9 321 753 83.7

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Passing offense

Rank Team Games Att. Compl. Int. Pct.
Compl. 		Yards Yds/Game TD passes
1 Nevada 8 156 68 14 .436 1569 198.1 20
2 Georgia 10 206 112 9 .544 1737 173.7 23
3 Texas 10 186 99 19 .532 1569 156.9 12
4 Oklahoma A&M 11 252 107 25 .425 1652 150.2 13
5 Michigan 9 162 73 22 .451 1322 146.9 10
6 Boston College 9 175 82 14 .469 1266 140.7 14
7 Indiana 9 185 95 15 .514 1264 140.4 8
8 Marquette 9 189 90 19 .476 1243 138.1 13
9 Princeton 8 167 68 14 .407 1096 137.0 4
10 Washington & Lee 8 165 87 20 .527 1085 135.6 12
11 Arizona 10 210 91 20 .433 1321 132.1 11
12 Purdue 9 183 86 17 .470 1182 131.3 7
13 Clemson 9 152 68 18 .447 1181 131.2 8
14 Wake Forest 9 149 71 14 .477 1151 127.9 8
15 William & Mary 10 146 77 15 .527 1265 126.5 19

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Passing defense

Rank Team Games Att. Compl. Pct.
Compl. 		Yards Yds/Game
1 Holy Cross 9 107 35 .327 483 53.7
2 West Texas State 10 124 43 .347 570 57.0
3 Notre Dame 9 144 54 .375 522 58.0
4 Indiana 9 127 39 .307 538 59.8
5 Florida 9 84 39 .464 557 61.9

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Individual leaders

Total offense

Rank Player Team Games Plays Rush Yds Pass Yds Total Yds Avg Gain
per Play
1 Travis Tidwell Auburn 10 339 772 943 1715 5.06
2 Bobby Layne Texas 10 221 338 1122 1460 6.61
3 Harry Gilmer Alabama 11 293 497 930 1427 4.98
4 Charley Trippi Georgia 10 185 744 622 1366 7.38
5 Bob Chappuis Michigan 9 180 531 734 1265 7.02
6 Rudy Mobley Hardin-Simmons 10 227 1262 0 1262 5.56
7 Herman Wedemeyer St. Mary's 8 204 625 595 1220 5.98
8 Charlie Justice North Carolina 10 181 943 270 1213 6.70
9 Bill Mackrides Nevada 8 142 - 70 1254 1184 8.34
10 Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts Chattanooga 9 168 1113 9 1122 6.68
11 Glenn Davis Army 1108 6.52
12 Fred Enke Arizona 1069 5.66
13 George Guerre Michigan State 1029 6.86
14 Nick Sacrinty Wake Forest 1013 5.89
15 Clark Texas Mines 967 4.48
16 Clyde LeForce Tulsa 950 5.16
17 Joe Golding Oklahoma 923 7.05
18 Ben Raimondi Indiana 908 4.59
19 Case UCLA 907 7.26
20 Jackson Yale 888 6.00

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Rushing

Rank Player Team Games Rushes Yds Gained Yds Lost Net Yds Avg Gain
per Play
1 Rudy Mobley Hardin-Simmons 10 227 1306 44 1262 5.56
2 Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts Chattanooga 10 167 1147 34 1113 6.66
3 Charlie Justice North Carolina 10 131 1024 81 943 7.20
4 Joe Golding Oklahoma 10 126 960 58 902 7.16
5 Levi Jackson Yale 9 134 851 45 806 6.01
6 Roger Stephens Cincinnati 10 101 796 22 774 7.66
7 Travis Tidwell Auburn 10 181 926 154 772 4.27
8 Charley Trippi Georgia 10 115 846 102 744 6.47
9 Hodges Wichita 10 152 775 42 733 4.82
10 Glenn Davis Army 10 123 824 112 712 5.79
11 Carl F. "Buddy" Russ Rice 10 130 710 20 690 5.31
12 Lloyd Merriman Stanford 9 140 728 56 672 4.80
13 George Guerre Michigan State 10 90 699 66 633 7.03
14 Herman Wedemeyer Saint Mary's 8 104 704 79 625 6.01
15 Joseph Rogers Villanova 10 90 669 49 620 6.89
16 Doc Blanchard Army 10 120 633 20 613 5.11
17 Walter Kretz Cornell 9 89 613 11 602 6.76
18 Carpenter Ohio State 9 141 612 23 589 4.18
19 Forrest Hall San Francisco 9 89 615 36 579 6.51
20 Barney Hafen Utah 9 132 609 32 577 4.37

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Passing

Rank Player Team Games Att. Compl. Int. Pct. Compl. Yds. TDs
1 Travis Tidwell Auburn 10 158 79 10 .500 943 5
2 Bobby Layne Texas 10 144 77 14 .550 1122 6
3 Ben Raimondi Indiana 9 138 74 8 .536 956 7
4 Harry Gilmer Alabama 11 160 69 10 .431 930 5
5 Bobby Thomason VMI 10 126 66 4 .524 833 10
6 Charlie Conerly Ole Miss 9 124 64 13 .516 641 3
7 Clark Texas Mines 8 107 61 8 .570 604 6
8 Clyde LeForce Tulsa 10 125 61 7 .488 807 7
9 Bob DeMoss Purdue 8 122 59 9 .484 814 6
10 Working Washington & Lee 7 108 56 14 .519 741 8
11 Bill Mackrides Nevada 8 115 56 7 .487 1254 17
12 Nick Sacrinty Wake Forest 9 109 51 12 .468 822 6
13 Olsen BYU 8 100 50 10 .500 719 2
14 Frank Payne SMU 10 107 50 11 .467 580 4
15 Johnny Lujack Notre Dame 9 100 49 8 .490 778 6
16 Furse Yale 9 100 49 6 .490 735 8
17 John Rauch Georgia 10 87 48 4 .552 779 14
18 John Burns Cornell 9 105 48 8 .457 624 3
19 Tommy Mont Maryland 9 92 45 6 .489 410 3
20 Y. A. Tittle LSU 10 95 45 8 .474 781 11

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Receiving

Rank Player Team Games Receptions Receiving
Yards
1 Neill Armstrong Oklahoma A&M 10 32 479
1 Montgomery Arizona (Tempe) 11 32 399
3 Broughton Williams Florida 8 29 490
3 Red O'Quinn Wake Forest 9 29 441
5 Barney Poole Ole Miss 9 28 277

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Scoring

The following list of scoring leaders is taken from the NCAA's Official Football Guide for 1947 and includes both major and minor college players. Gene "Choo-Choo" Roberts ranked third overall and first among major college players.[14]

Rank Player Team TD PAT FG Pts
1 Joe Carter Florida N&I 21 26 0 152
2 Andy Victor Oklahoma City 14 40 0 124
3 Gene "Choo-Choo" Roberts Chattanooga 18 9 0 117
4 Rudy Mobley Hardin–Simmons 16 0 0 96
5 Jack Crider Muhlenberg 15 0 0 90
6 Forrest Hall San Francisco 13 9 0 87
7 (tie) Charley Trippi Georgia 14 0 0 84
7 (tie) Baker Missouri Valley 14 0 0 84
7 (tie) Dan Roskos East Stroudsburg State 14 0 0 84
7 (tie) Phillipi Southern 14 0 0 84
11 (tie) Art Hering Rutgers 12 8 0 80
11 (tie) Dixon Abilene Christian 13 3 0 80
11 (tie) Johnny Hickman San Angelo 12 8 0 80
14 Glenn Davis Army 13 0 0 78
15 (tie) Larry Bruno Geneva 12 2 0 74
15 (tie) Spoon Southwestern Kansas 12 2 0 74
17 (tie) Charlie Justice North Carolina 12 0 0 72
17 (tie) Young Hillsdale 12 0 0 72
17 (tie) Brady Ohio 12 0 0 72
17 (tie) Ward Hillsdale 12 0 0 72
17 (tie) Washington Tennessee A&I 12 0 0 72
22 Clyde LeForce Tulsa 5 34 1 67
23 (tie) Jack Cloud William & Mary 11 0 0 66
23 (tie) Pudge Camarata Iowa Teachers 11 0 0 66
23 (tie) Lingenfelder Missouri Valley 11 0 0 66
23 (tie) Preston Missouri Valley 6 30 0 66
23 (tie) Hughes Ottawa 11 0 0 66
23 (tie) Carl Giordana Lawrence 11 0 0 66
23 (tie) Anthony Georgiana Catawba 11 0 0 66

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Rules Committee

References

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  4. ^ "Cowboys blank Denver, 20-0". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 5, 1947. p. 23.
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