1946 North Carolina College Eagles football team

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1946 North Carolina College Eagles football
Conference Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3 (5–3 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
 1945
1947 
1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Morgan State $ 7 0 08 0 0
No. 10 West Virginia State 5 2 06 3 1
Virginia State 5 2 07 2 0
No. 16 Howard 6 2 06 3 0
No. 20 Lincoln (PA) 4 2 06 3 0
No. 16 North Carolina College 5 3 07 3 0
No. 18 North Carolina A&T 3 4 04 4 0
No. 19 Shaw 3 3 15 3 1
No. 22 Hampton 4 4 04 4 0
Delaware State 3 4 05 4 0
No. 18 Bluefield State 3 4 14 4 1
Winston-Salem State 1 4 13 5 1
No. 22 Virginia Union 1 5 13 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 5 20 6 2
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 6 00 6 0
St. Augustine's 1 0 03 1 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 North Carolina College Eagles football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina College in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their second season under head coach Herman Riddick, the Eagles compiled a 7–3 record (5–3 against CIAA opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 230 to 55. [1]

The Dickinson System rated North Carolina College in a tie for No. 16 among the black college football teams for 1946. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Fort Jackson * Fort Jackson, SC W 85–0
September 28at Delaware State Dover, DE W 32–6
October 5 Bluefield State Durham, NC W 19–0
October 12at Winston-Salem State Winston-Salem, NC W 26–0
October 19at North Carolina A&T Greensboro, NC (rivalry)L 0–17
October 26 Virginia Union Durham, NCW 13–0
November 2vs. Tennessee A&I *W 14–622,000 [3]
November 9 Johnson C. Smith Durham, NCW 29–0
November 23at Virginia State Petersburg, VA L 6–14
November 28at Shaw Raleigh, NC L 6–12
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "North Carolina Central Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "22,000 See N.C. College Upset Tenn. State, 14-6: Under-rated Tarheels Smash A. & I. Forwards". Pittsburgh Courier. November 9, 1946. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.