1946 NYU Violets football team

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1946 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadium Ohio Field, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium
Seasons
←  1945
1947  →
1946 Eastern major college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Army  – 9 –0 –1
Penn State  – 6 –2 –0
Boston College  – 6 –3 –0
Holy Cross  – 6 –4 –0
NYU  – 5 –3 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –0
Colgate  – 4 –4 –0
Syracuse  – 4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh  – 3 –5 –1
Temple  – 2 –4 –2
Merchant Marine  – 4 –7 –0
Bucknell  – 3 –6 –0
Fordham  – 0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1946 college football season.

In their third and final season under head coach John J. Weinheimer, the Violets compiled a 5–3 record, their first winning record of the 1940s, though they were outscored 163–101. [1]

NYU's home opener featured its first return to Manhattan since 1941, with a visit to its former home field at the Polo Grounds. The Violets closed out the year with two dates at another former home field, the original Yankee Stadium. The team played just one game at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, The Bronx.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5 at Brooklyn
W 19–8 20,000 [2]
October 12 Rutgers
L 0–26 10,000 [3]
October 19 at Rochester
W 6–0 8,000 [4]
October 26 Gettysburg
W 12–7 5,000 [5]
November 2 Boston College
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 6–72 8,000 [6]
November 9 at Lehigh
W 13–3 3,000 [7]
November 16 vs. Fordham
W 33–28 28,000 [8]
November 24 Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 12–19 10,000 [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "1946 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ Goodrich, Bill (October 6, 1946). "Brooklyn Bows in Gridiron Tiff to N.Y.U., 19-8". Brooklyn Eagle . Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Turkin, Hy (October 13, 1946). "Frosh Pilots Rutgers over Violets, 26-0". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Lillich, Frank (October 20, 1946). "NYU Passes Cost Varsity 6-0 Setback: Ragged Line Checks UR; Aerials Pave Way to Tally". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Goodrich, Bill (October 27, 1946). "N.Y.U. Overcomes Gettysburg, 12-7, in Last 82 Seconds". Brooklyn Eagle . Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Holbrook, Bob (November 3, 1946). "Boston College Plucks Violets, 72-6". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "NYU Breaks Old Jinx, Taking Lehigh in Taylor Stadium by 13-3 Score". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. November 10, 1946. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Trimble, Joe (November 17, 1946). "Violets Defeat Rams, 33-28, in 4th Period". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. C46 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ McCulley, Jim (November 24, 1946). "Georgetown Beats NYU, 19-12, in Bruising Battle". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
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