1946 Lane Dragons football team

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1946 Lane Dragons football
Cattle Bowl, L 0–7 vs.Arkansas AM&N
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (4–0 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLane College Athletic Field, Rothrock Field
Seasons
 1945
1947  
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 0 06 4 1
No. 5 Lane 4 0 08 2 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 1 010 2 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 1 04 2 0
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 3 15 3 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 3 03 4 1
No. 16 Morris Brown     
No. 17 Benedict     
No. 18 Clark (GA)     
No. 20 Alabama State     
No. 22 Morehouse     
Knoxville     
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Lane Dragons football team, also sometimes known as the "Red Dragons", was an American football team that represented Lane College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Edward Clemons, the Dragons compiled an 8–2 record (4–0 against SIAC opponents), lost to Arkansas AM&N in the Cattle Bowl, gave up only 3.5 points per game on defense, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 35. [1]

The Dickinson System rated Lane as the No. 5 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I, No. 2 Morgan State, No. 3 Tuskegee, and No. 4 Wilberforce. [2] Lane ranked first among the black college teams in scoring defense. [2]

The team played its home games at Lane College Athletic Field and Rothrock Field, both located in Jackson, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Alabama State Montgomery, AL W 20–0
October 12 South Carolina State Jackson, TN W 13–3
Fort Benning *W 26–6
October 26 Xavier (LA) Jackson, TN W 24–0
November 2at Alabama A&M * Normal, AL W 28–0
November 9at Lincoln (MO) * Jefferson City, MO L 6–7
November 16 Miles *Jackson, TNW 20–0
November 23at Morehouse Atlanta, GA W 25–0
November 28at LeMoyne * Memphis, TN W 27–0
January 1, 19472:30 p.m.vs. Arkansas AM&N *L 0–7 [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Lane Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Crack Negro Elevens Clash In Ft. Worth Cattle Bowl Game". Tyler Morning Telegraph . Tyler, Texas. Associated Press. January 1, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved May 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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