1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

The 1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1946 college football season, their first after a three-year hiatus due to World War II. The team was named AP small college national champion and won the Cigar Bowl against Rollins. They were led by fourth-year head coach William D. Murray and played the majority of their home games at Wilmington Park. The October 26 game against Drexel was the final game played at Frazer Field, and the last game played in Newark until the opening of Delaware Stadium in 1952. They were ranked in the AP Poll for the final three weeks of the season, the only time that they received that honor. The only other time Delaware would receive votes in the AP Poll would be in 2010.

1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
AP small college national champion
Mason–Dixon champion
Cigar Bowl, W 21–7 vs. Rollins
ConferenceMason–Dixon Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
1946 record10–0 (3–0 Mason–Dixon)
Head coachWilliam D. Murray (4th season)
Home stadiumWilmington Park (7,000)
Frazer Field
1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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  4 –1 –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

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 28Pennsylvania Military*
W 25–0
October 5Randolph–Macon
  • Wilmington Park
  • Wilmington, DE
W 53–0
October 11Western Maryland
  • Wilmington Park
  • Wilmington, DE
W 44–6
October 19at Gettysburg*Gettysburg, PAW 27–6
October 26at Drexel*
W 52–0
November 2at Franklin & Marshall*Lancaster, PAW 28–0
November 9at Bucknell*
W 27–14
November 16Washington College
  • Wilmington Park
  • Wilmington, DE
W 61–0
November 23Muhlenberg*No. 16
  • Wilmington Park
  • Wilmington, DE
W 62–0
January 1, 1947vs. Rollins*No. 19
W 20–3
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References
  1. "1946 Schedule". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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