1946 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1946 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its 18th and final season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 95. Robert Orlando was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

1946 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record4–4
Head coachAndrew Kerr (18th season)
CaptainRobert Orlando
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Army      9 0 1
Muhlenberg      9 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Buffalo      7 2 0
Massachusetts State      6 2 0
No. 13 Penn      6 2 0
Penn State      6 2 0
Boston College      6 3 0
Columbia      6 3 0
NYU      5 3 0
Cornell      5 3 1
Villanova      6 4 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
Temple      2 4 2
Tufts      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 6 0
Fordham      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

In Kerr's final game as Colgate's head coach, the team trailed 7–0 to Brown at halftime. Kerr gave a speech asking his team to score three touchdowns in the second half. The team complied and sent Kerr out as a winner.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5at YaleL 6–27
October 12at CornellL 9–13
October 19Merchant MarineW 47–7
October 26Penn State
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 2–6
November 2at LafayetteW 39–0
November 9at Holy CrossL 6–21
November 16at SyracuseW 25–7
November 23at Brown
W 20–14

References

  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1946 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "Red Raiders Beat Brown To End Kerr's Regime". The Troy Record. November 29, 1946. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
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