1946 Auburn Tigers football team

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1946 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Auburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
  1945
1947  
1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Georgia + 5 0 011 0 0
No. 7 Tennessee + 5 0 09 2 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 09 1 1
No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 2 09 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 08 2 0
Alabama 4 3 07 4 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 05 4 0
Kentucky 2 3 07 3 0
Tulane 2 4 03 7 0
Auburn 1 5 04 6 0
Ole Miss 1 6 02 7 0
Florida 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Auburn Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Auburn University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1946 college football season. It was Auburn's 55th season of intercollegiate football and its 14th season as a member of the SEC. The Tigers were led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his third year at Auburn, and compiled a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 1–5 in the SEC). They were outscored by a total of 210 to 132. [1]

Auburn back Travis Tidwell led the nation in total offense with 1,715 yards—772 rushing and 943 passing. [2] He also led the nation with 79 pass completions and ranked seventh in rushing yards. [3]

Auburn was ranked at No. 69 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946. [4]

The team played its home games at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama (three games), Legion Field in Birmingham (two games), and Auburn Stadium in Auburn (one game).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Mississippi Southern *W 13–1212,000 [5]
October 5 Furman *Dagger-14-plain.pngW 26–611,000 [6]
October 12 Saint Louis *W 27–712,000 [7]
October 19at Tulane L 0–3235,000 [8]
October 26at Georgia Tech L 6–2730,000 [9]
November 2 Vanderbilt
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
L 0–1916,000 [10]
November 9 Mississippi State
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 0–3325,000 [11]
November 16vs. Georgia L 0–4122,000 [12]
November 23 Clemson *
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL (rivalry)
L 13–218,000 [13]
November 30at Florida W 47–128,000 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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