American college football season
1946 Yale Bulldogs football |
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Conference | Ivy League |
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Ranking |
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AP | No. 12 |
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Record | 7–1–1 (4–1–1 Ivy) |
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Head coach | - Howard Odell (5th season)
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Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
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Seasons |
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 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1946 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Odell, finished the season with a 7–1–1 record, and were ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll (No. 21 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings).[1][2] Two Yale players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) or International News Service (INS) on the 1946 All-Eastern football team: halfback Levi Jackson (AP-2, INS-1); and guard Fritz Barzilauskas (AP-1; INS-1).[3] Jackson led Yale and ranked fifth nationally with 806 rushing yards and averaged 6.01 yards per carry.[4]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 28 | Merchant Marine* | | | W 33–0 | 21,000 | [5] |
October 5 | Colgate* | | | W 27–6 | 38,000 | [6] |
October 12 | No. 11 Columbia | No. 15 | | L 20–28 | 65,000 | [7] |
October 19 | at Cornell | | - Schoellkopf Field
- Ithaca, NY
| T 6–6 | 27,000 | [8] |
October 26 | Coast Guard* | | | W 47–14 | 10,000 | [9] |
November 2 | Dartmouth | | | W 33–2 | 66,000 | [10] |
November 9 | Brown | | | W 49–0 | 40,000 | [11] |
November 16 | Princeton | No. 18 | | W 30–2 | 70,000 | [12] |
November 23 | at Harvard | No. 15 | | W 27–14 | 57,300 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
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AP | 15 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
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After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bulldogs were selected.[14]
References
- ^ "1946 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Army Places Four Players On A-P All-Eastern Team". Evening Times. Cumberland, Maryland. November 26, 1946. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 80.
- ^ "Yale Eleven Whips Kings Point, 33-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1946. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yale Shocks Colgate; Second Half Attack Nets 27-6 Eli Win". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (October 13, 1946). "Lion Rally Trims Yale, 28-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 20, 1946). "Long Cornell Run Knots Ithaca Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 27, 1946). "Yale Drubs Coast Guard Team, 47-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 3, 1946). "Yale Overpowers Dartmouth, 33 to 2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 10, 1946). "Yale Overwhelms Brown by 49 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Young, Dick (November 17, 1946). "Yale Rips Tiger, 30-2". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Young, Dick (November 24, 1946). "Yale Blasts Harvard, 27-14, for Big 3 Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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Venues | - Hamilton Park (1872–1883)
- Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916)
- Yale Bowl (1914–present)
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