1946 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1946 Texas Longhorns football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 15 |
| 1946 record | 8–2 (4–2 SWC) |
| Head coach | Dana X. Bible (10th season) |
| Home stadium |
War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500) |
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| 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 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas, Austin in 1946 college football season. The Longhorns were led by the future College Football Hall of Fame head coach, Dana X. Bible, in his tenth year at Texas and final year of coaching. Texas was the first-ranked team in the initial AP Poll, before sliding throughout the season. The Longhorns posted a record of 8–2 and received a final ranking of 15th.[1][2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 21 | Missouri* | War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 42–0 | ||||||
| September 28 | Colorado* | War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 76–0 | ||||||
| October 5 | Oklahoma A&M* | War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 54–6 | ||||||
| October 12 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | W 20–13 | ||||||
| October 19 | No. 14 Arkansas | No. 3 | War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 20–0 | |||||
| October 26 | at No. 16 Rice | No. 3 | Rice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry) | L 13–18 | |||||
| November 2 | SMU | No. 7 | War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 19–3 | |||||
| November 9 | at Baylor | No. 6 | Waco Stadium • Waco, TX | W 22–7 | |||||
| November 16 | at TCU | No. 6 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) | L 0–14 | |||||
| November 28 | Texas A&M | No. 20 | War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 24–7 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
Awards and honors
- Hub Bechtol, End, Consensus All-American[3]
References
- ↑ Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.
- ↑ Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine., AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.
- ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
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