1946 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1946 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference Border Conference
Record2–7–2 (1–4–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Goodwin Stadium
Seasons
  1942
1947  
1946 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hardin–Simmons $ 6 0 011 0 0
Texas Tech 3 1 08 3 1
New Mexico 4 2 15 5 2
Arizona 2 2 14 4 2
West Texas State 3 4 05 5 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 2 15 2 2
Texas Mines 2 4 03 6 0
Arizona State 1 4 12 7 2
New Mexico A&M 1 4 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1946 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Steve Coutchie, the Sun Devils compiled a 2–7–2 record (1–4–1 against Border opponents) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 313 to 93. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Williams Field *T 6–66,000 [3]
September 28at Arizona L 0–6712,000 [4]
October 5 Pepperdine *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 13–12 [5]
October 12at Nevada *
L 2–74 [6]
October 19 Portland *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 0–13 [7]
October 26vs. Hardin–Simmons Sweetwater, TX L 6–46 [8]
November 2at New Mexico A&M
W 14–7 [9]
November 9 Texas Mines
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 20–34 [10] [11]
November 16 Arizona State–Flagstaff
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
T 13–13 [12]
November 23 West Texas State
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 0–7 [13]
November 28at Wichita *L 19–34 [14]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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