1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football team

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1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football
SEAC champion
Piedmont Tobacco Bowl, W 40–6 vs. Fayetteville State
Conference Southeastern Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (– SEAC)
Head coach
  • William "Buster" Lawson, Hooks Nelson
Seasons
  1945
1947 
1946 Southeastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Allen $ 4 0 08 2 0
No. 12 Bethune–Cookman 1 1 18 1 1
Florida N&I 1 1 16 3 1
Paine 1 2 04 2 1
Claflin 0 3 01 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Allen University of Columbia, South Carolina, in the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1946 college football season. William "Buster" Lawson and Hooks Nelson were the team's coaches. [1] The team compiled an 8–2 record, won the SEAA championship and outscored opponents by a total of 244 to 43. The Yellow Jackets lost the first two games of the season and then won the remain eight games, including a victory over Fayetteville State in the Piedmont Tobacco Bowl. [2]

The Dickinson System rated Allen as the No. 11 black college football team for 1946. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Virginia State * Petersburg, VA L 6–12
October 5 Morris Brown * Columbia, SC L 9–12
October 18at Paine Augusta, GA W 19–0 [4]
October 26at Florida N&I W 12–7
October 31 Benedict *Columbia, SC (Negro State Fair)W 14–010,000 [5]
November 2 Bethune–Cookman Columbia, SCW 7–6
November 91:30 p.m. Savannah State *
  • Hurst-Alumni Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 60–0 [6]
November 17at Howard * Washington, DC W 7–0 [7]
November 28 Claflin
  • Hurst Field
  • Columbia, SC
W 70–0 [8]
December 7at Fayetteville State *
W 40–6 [9]

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References

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  2. "1946 – Allen (SC)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Allen Defeats Paine, 19 to 0, For First Win". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. October 20, 1946. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Allen Beats Benedict at Negro Fair". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. November 1, 1946. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Allen Plays Georgia State Here Saturday". The State . Columbia, South Carolina. November 7, 1946. p. 11. Retrieved May 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  8. "Allen Defeats Claflin By Score Of 70-0". The Columbia Record. November 29, 1946. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Allen To Play In Bowl Clash This Saturday". The Columbia Record. December 2, 1946. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.