1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

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1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (2–3–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumState College Stadium
Seasons
  1942
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. 18 Clark (GA) 2 2 12 4 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 3 15 3 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 3 03 4 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 3 14 3 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 4 05 5 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 4 14 4 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 4 31 4 3
Knoxville     
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Oliver C. Dawson, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 82. In December 1946, the Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated South Carolina State at No. 14. [1]

The team played home games in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5 Knoxville Orangeburg, SC T 7–7
October 12at Lane Jackson, TN L 3–13
October 19at Fort Valley State * Fort Valley, GA W 41–0
October 26 Alabama A&M *Orangeburg, SCW 26–0
November 2 Morris Brown Orangeburg, SCW 7–0
November 9 Morehouse Orangeburg, SCL 13–26
November 16at Tuskegee Tuskegee, AL L 14–30 [2]
November 28 Benedict Orangeburg, SC W 22–0
December 7 Johnson C. Smith *Orangeburg, SCW 13–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tuskegee Wallops S. Carolina State Bulldogs, 30 To 14". The Birminghman News. November 17, 1946. p. 32 via Newspapers.com.