1946 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1946 Texas Longhorns football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | #15 |
| 1946 record | 8–2 (4–2 SWC) |
| Head coach | Dana X. Bible |
| Home stadium | Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Rice + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #16 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 Texas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas, Austin in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. The Longhorns were led by the future Hall of Fame head coach, Dana X. Bible, in his tenth year at Texas and final year of coaching. Texas was the first-ranked team in the initial AP Poll, before sliding throughout the season. The Longhorns posted a record of 8–2 and received a final ranking of 15th.[1][2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 21, 1946 | Missouri* | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas | W 42–0 | ||||||
| September 28, 1946 | Colorado* | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas | W 76–0 | ||||||
| October 5, 1946 | Oklahoma A&M* | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas | W 54–6 | ||||||
| October 12, 1946 | vs. #1 Oklahoma* | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas (Red River Rivalry) | W 20–13 | ||||||
| October 19, 1946 | #14 Arkansas | #3 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (Rivalry) | W 20–0 | |||||
| October 26, 1946 | at #16 Rice | #3 | Rice Field • Houston, Texas | L 13–18 | |||||
| November 2, 1946 | SMU | #7 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas | W 19–3 | |||||
| November 9, 1946 | at Baylor | #6 | Waco Stadium • Waco, Texas | W 22–7 | |||||
| November 16, 1946 | at TCU | #6 | Amon Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | L 0–14 | |||||
| November 28, 1946 | Texas A&M | #20 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (Rivalry) | W 24–7 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
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Awards and honors
- Hub Bechtol, End, Consensus All-American[3]
References
- ↑ Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.
- ↑ Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings, AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.
- ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
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