1946 Navy Midshipmen football team American college football season
The 1946 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1946 college football season . With the return Tom Hamilton , head coach from 1936 to 1938, the Midshipmen compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 186 to 105.[ 1] [ 2]
Navy was ranked at No. 32 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[ 3]
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 28 Villanova W 7–018,502 [ 4] October 5 at Columbia L 14–2335,000 [ 5] October 12 Duke L 6–2141,504 [ 6] October 19 North Carolina Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD L 14–2130,500 [ 7] October 26 at No. 6 Penn L 19–3278,000 [ 8] November 2 No. 2 Notre Dame Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry ) L 0–2865,000 [ 9] November 9 at No. 8 Georgia Tech L 20–2832,000 [ 10] November 16 Penn State Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD L 7–1222,000 [ 11] [ 12] November 30 vs. No. 1 Army L 18–21102,000 [ 13] Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Midshipmen were selected.[ 14]
References
^ "Football History" (PDF) . United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .^ "Navy Yearly Results (1945-1949)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit" . The Knoxville News-Sentinel . p. B4 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Mort Berry (September 29, 1946). "Navy Triumphs, 7-0: Villanova Stern Foe; Hawkins, Plebe, Scores After Wildcat Fumble" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. 1S, 5S – via Newspapers.com . ^ Turkin, Hy (October 6, 1946). "Columbia Upsets Navy, 23-14, in Last Period" . Sunday News Newspapers.com . ^ Craig E. Taylor (October 13, 1946). "Duke Eleven Trounces Navy In Stadium, 21-6" . pp. Sports 1, Sport 3 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Craig F. Taylor (October 20, 1946). "N.C. Stages Rally To Top Navy, 21-14: Tarheels Score Twice In Last Period To Win Before 30,500 Fans" . The Baltimore Sun . p. 1 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Morrow, Art (October 27, 1946). "Penn's Early Surge Beats Navy, 32-19, Before 78,000; Minisi Ace in Quakers' 4th Victory" . The Philadelphia Inquirer Newspapers.com . ^ Craig E. Taylor (November 3, 1946). "Notre Dame Eleven Tops Navy by 28-0: 65,000 See Irish Team's Strength Overwhelm Middies in Stadium" . The Baltimore Sun . pp. Main 1, Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Johnny Bradberry (November 10, 1946). "Navy Bows as Tech's Matthews Hauls Fumble 95 Yards: Engineers Rally To Win 7th" . The Atlanta Constitution . p. 1D – via Newspapers.com . ^ Craig E. Taylor (November 17, 1946). "Navy Eleven Loses To Penn State By 12-To-7 Score: Truman Sees Middies Suffer 7th Setback in Row at Annapolis" . The Baltimore Sun . p. 33 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Truman Makes Bad Forecast on Navy Game: President's Luck in Football Parallels His Election Guesses" . The Baltimore Sun . November 17, 1946. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com .^ Gene Ward (December 1, 1946). "Army Halts Navy Rally to Win, 21-18: Clock Stops Middies on 5; Ray's Kicks Bring Victory" . New York Daily News . p. C49 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
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