1946 Texas Longhorns football team

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]

1946 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
1946 record8–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coachDana X. Bible (10th season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1946 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 21Missouri*W 42–0
September 28Colorado*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 76–0
October 5Oklahoma A&M*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 54–6
October 12vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*W 20–13
October 19No. 14 ArkansasNo. 3
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–0
October 26at No. 16 RiceNo. 3
L 13–18
November 2SMUNo. 7
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 19–3
November 9at BaylorNo. 6W 22–7
November 16at TCUNo. 6L 0–14
November 28Texas A&MNo. 20
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 24–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors

References

  1. Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.
  2. Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.
  3. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf


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