1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team

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1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Yam Bowl, L 7–64 vs. Southern
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Bowl
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 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tuskegee University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled a 10–2 record (5–1 against SIAC opponents), lost to Southern in the Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 287 to 138. [1]

The Dickinson System rated Tuskegee as the No. 3 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I and No. 2 Morgan State. [2]

Two Tuskegee players were selected as first-team player on The Pittsburgh Courier's 1946 All-America team: freshman guard Herman Mabrie from Tulsa, Oklahoma; and junior back Whitney Van Cleve from Kokomo, Indiana. Two other were named to the second team: center Simmons and quarterback Robert Moore. [3]

The team played its home games at the Alumni Bowl in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Fort Benning W 56–0
September 21 Philander Smith Tuskegee, AL W 59–0
September 28 Grambling Tuskegee, ALW 21–6 [4]
October 5at Clark (GA) Atlanta, GA W 13–0
October 11vs. Wilberforce
W 14–715,000–20,000 [5] [6]
October 19 Fisk Tuskegee, ALW 13–65,000 [7] [8]
October 25vs. Morehouse
W 15–013,000 [9]
October 28vs. Wiley
W 21–617,000 [10]
November 9at Florida A&M
L 12–215,000 [11]
November 16 South Carolina State Dagger-14-plain.pngTuskegee, ALW 30–14 [12]
November 28at Alabama State
W 26–1413,000 [13]
December 25vs. Southern
L 7–645,000 [14]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. ↑ "Tuskegee Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennesssee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Wendell Smith (December 14, 1946). "Here They Are! The All-Americans of 1946: Tennessee, Tuskegee Win Two Berths on 'Dream Team'". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tuskegee Defeat Grambling, 21-6". The Atlanta Constitution. September 29, 1946. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Wendell Smith (October 19, 1946). "Tuskegee Upsets Wilberforce, 14 to 7: Robert Moore Sparkles As Tigers Triumph; 15,000 See Game". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Wilberforce Is Beaten, 14-7, By Tuskegee Team". Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1946. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Tuskegee Tops Fisk". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 26, 1946. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tuskegee Golden Tiger Top Fisk Bulldogs, 13-0". Alabama Tribune. October 25, 1946. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Tom Kinney (November 2, 1946). "Tuskegee Runs Over Morehouse 15 to 0". The Weekly Review. Birmingham, Alabama. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Tuskegee Ends Wiley Streak At 18 Games, 21-6". The Marshall News Messenger. October 29, 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Charles U Smith (November 10, 1946). "A&M Rattlers Hand Tuskegee First Defeat". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Tuskegee Wallops S. Carolina State Bulldogs, 30 To 14". The Birminghman News. November 17, 1946. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Max Moseley (November 29, 1946). "Tuskegee Beats Ala. State: Tigers Score Twice Late To Lick Hornets In Thriller, 26-14". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Claude C. Tedford (January 4, 1947). "Mighty Southern Routs Tuskegee". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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