1946 Far Western Conference football season

Far Western Conference
Sport	Football
Number of teams	3
Champion	Humboldt State
Football seasons
←  1945 1947  →

1946 Far Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Humboldt State	1	–	0	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Chico State	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Cal Aggies	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	5	–	2
No conference champion was named in 1946.

The 1946 Far Western Conference football season was the season of college football played by the three member schools of the Far Western Conference (FWC) as part of the 1946 college football season.

The Humboldt State Lumberjacks won the FWC championship with a 5–3–1 record (1–0–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 84 to 70.

Conference overview

Conf. rank	Team	Head coach	Conf. record	Overall record	Points scored	Points against
1	Humboldt State	Joseph Forbes	1–0–1	5–3–1	84	70
2	Chico State	Roy Bohler	1–1	2–7	61	109
3	Cal Aggies	Boyd Bettencourt	0–1–1	0–5–2	54	113

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Teams

Humboldt State

1946 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	5–3–1 (1–0–1 FWC)
Head coach	Joseph Forbes (1st season)
Home stadium	Albee Stadium, Redwood Bowl
Seasons ←  1941 1947  →

The 1946 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Led by first-year head coach Joseph Forbes, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 1–0–1 in conference play outscored their opponents 84–70 for the season. The team played home games at Albee Stadium in Eureka, California and the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Linfield *	Albee Stadium Eureka, CA	W 14–0
October 5	Stanford JV *	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 0–21 [note 1]
October 10	at Southern Oregon *	Walter E. Phillips Field ? Ashland, OR	L 7–14		[2]
October 18	at Chico State	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	W 6–2		[3]
October 26	at San Francisco State *	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 14–7
November 2	at Cal Aggies	A Street Field Davis, CA	T 7–7	2,000	[4]
November 11	Lewis & Clark *	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 9–0		[5]
November 16	Pepperdine *	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 14–19		[6]
November 23	Oregon College *	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 13–0
*Non-conference game

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Chico State

1946 Chico State Wildcats football
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	2–7 (1–1 FWC)
Head coach	Roy Bohler (5th season)
Home stadium	Chico High School Stadium
Seasons ←  1942 1947  →

1946 Far Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Humboldt State	1	–	0	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Chico State	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Cal Aggies	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	5	–	2
No conference champion was named in 1946.

The 1946 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College (now known as California State University, Chico) of Chico, California. Led by fifth-year head coach Roy Bohler, Chico State compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 109 to 61 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at Chico High School Stadium in Chico.

This was the first team Chico State fielded in four years. They had no team during the war years of 1943 to 1945.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at California JV [note 2] *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–6
October 3	Southern Oregon *	Chico, CA	L 0–20	1,000	[8] [9]
October 12?	Hamilton Field [note 3] *	?	W 33–6
October 19	Humboldt State	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	L 2–6		[10]
October 26	at Cal Aggies	A Street field Davis, CA	W 13–0		[11]
November 2	at San Francisco State *	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 0–26		[12]
November 9	Saint Mary's JV *	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	L 6–19		[13]
November 15	Sacramento City College *	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	L 0–6		[14]
November 23	at Cal Poly *	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 7–20		[15]
*Non-conference game

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Cal Aggies

1946 Cal Aggies football
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	0–5–2 (0–1–1 FWC)
Head coach	Vern Hickey (7th season)
Captain	Boyd Bettencourt
Home stadium	A Street field
Seasons ←  1942 1947  →

The 1946 Cal Aggies football team represented the University of California College of Agriculture at Davis, California (now known as the University of California, Davis). Led by seventh-year head coach Vern Hickey, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 0–5–2 with a mark of 0–1–1 in conference play, placing third in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 113 to 54 for the season. The Cal Aggies played home games at A Street field on campus in Davis, California.

The Aggies did not play in the 1943 to 1945 seasons due to World War II.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 12	San Francisco State	A Street field Davis, CA	L 6–13
October 19	at California JV [note 4] *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–21
October 26	Chico State	A Street field Davis, CA	L 0–13
November 2	Humboldt State	A Street field Davis, CA	T 7–7	2,000	[17]
November 9	Stanford JV *	A Street field Davis, CA	T 14–14
November 16	at Santa Barbara *	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 7–14
November 23	at Pacific (CA) *	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	L 6–31	3,000	[18]
*Non-conference game

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Notes

1. This was the first game played at the Redwood Bowl.
2. The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
3. Hamilton Army Airfield was a United States Air Force Base from 1934 to 1974.
4. The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".

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