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1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Yam Bowl, L 7–64 vs. Southern
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Bowl
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
No. 5 Lane 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Clark (GA) 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 – 4 – 3 1 – 4 – 3
Knoxville   –     –  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team represented the Tuskegee Institute—now known as 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 home games at the Alumni Bowl in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Fort BenningW 56–0
September 21Philander SmithTuskegee, ALW 59–0
September 28GramblingTuskegee, ALW 21–6[4]
October 5at Clark (GA)Atlanta, GAW 13–0
October 11vs. Wilberforce
W 14–715,000–20,000[5][6]
October 19FiskTuskegee, 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 16South Carolina StatedaggerTuskegee, ALW 30–14[12]
November 28at Alabama State
W 26–1413,000[13]
December 25vs. Southern
L 7–645,000[14]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Tuskegee Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee 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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