1946 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1946 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–7 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainRobert Rice
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
Seasons
←  1945
1947  →
1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Georgia + 5 –0 –011 –0 –0
No. 7 Tennessee + 5 –0 –09 –2 –0
No. 8 LSU 5 –1 –09 –1 –1
No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 –2 –09 –2 –0
Mississippi State 3 –2 –08 –2 –0
Alabama 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –4 –05 –4 –0
Kentucky 2 –3 –07 –3 –0
Tulane 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Auburn 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
Ole Miss 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
Florida 0 –5 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1946 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 3–7 and a mark of 2–4 in conference play, placing ninth in the SEC.

Contents

Tulane was ranked at No. 33 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Alabama
L 6–764,317 [2]
October 5 Florida
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 27–1335,000 [3]
October 12 Rice *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 6–2545,000 [4]
October 19 Auburn
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 32–035,000 [5]
October 26 Mississippi State
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 7–1445,000 [6]
November 9 Clemson *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 54–1325,301 [7]
November 16at No. 7 Georgia Tech
L 7–3532,000 [8]
November 23No. 2 Notre Dame *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–4165,841 [9]
November 30at No. 9 LSU
L 27–4146,000 [10]
December 21 USC *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 13–2025,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Green Wave player was selected. [12]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
30276Howard McAfee Tackle Detroit Lions

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References

  1. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Bassett, Norman (September 29, 1946). "Rain, mud mire Tide attack in 7–6 victory". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 7. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Tulane turns back Florida". Durham Morning Herald. October 6, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Rice's fast flowing T proves too strong for Tulane gridders". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 13, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tulane Wave bowls over Auburn, 32–0". The State. October 20, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Two raiding forays yield State margin over clinging Wave". The Commercial Appeal. October 27, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Green Wave overwhelms Clemson 54–13". The Shreveport Times. November 10, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "'Tired' Tech kicks over Tulane, 35–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 17, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Fighting Irish overwhelms Green Wave, 41–0, before 70,000". Evansville Press. November 24, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Scoring spree in second quarter carries Louisiana State to victory over Tulane before 45,000 fans". The Shreveport Times. December 1, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Injury-riddles Trojans top Tulane, 20–13". The Los Angeles Times. December 22, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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