1946 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1946 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1946 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 7–1–1 record.[1][2]

1946 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
1946 record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
1946 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Army    9 0 1
Muhlenberg    9 1 0
Yale    7 1 1
Buffalo    7 2 0
Harvard    7 2 0
Massachusetts State    6 2 0
No. 13 Penn    6 2 0
Penn State    6 2 0
Boston University    5 2 1
Boston College    6 3 0
Columbia    6 3 0
NYU    5 3 0
Cornell    5 3 1
Villanova    6 4 0
Boston College    7 3 0
Hofstra    4 3 0
Colgate    4 4 0
Syracuse    4 5 0
Drexel    3 4 0
Franklin & Marshall    3 4 0
Brown    3 5 1
Pittsburgh    3 5 1
Princeton    3 5 0
Vermont    2 3 2
Temple    2 4 2
Bucknell    3 6 0
Dartmouth    3 6 0
Tufts    1 6 0
CCNY    1 7 0
Carnegie Tech    0 6 0
Fordham    0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Levi Jackson led Yale and ranked fifth nationally with 806 rushing yards and averaged 6.01 yards per carry.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Merchant MarineW 33–021,000[4]
October 5Colgate
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–638,000[5]
October 12No. 11 ColumbiaNo. 15
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 20–2865,000[6]
October 19at CornellT 6–627,000[7]
October 26Coast Guard
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 47–1410,000[8]
November 2Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 33–266,000[9]
November 9Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 49–040,000[10]
November 16PrincetonNo. 18
W 30–270,000[11]
November 23at HarvardNo. 15W 27–1457,300[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bulldogs were selected.[13]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
13Fritz BarzilauskasGuardBoston Yanks
30277John PrchlikDefensive tackleBoston Yanks
31292Bill SchulerTackleNew York Giants

References

  1. "1946 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. "Yale Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 80.
  4. "Yale Eleven Whips Kings Point, 33-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1946. p. 33 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Yale Shocks Colgate; Second Half Attack Nets 27-6 Eli Win". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 2C via Newspapers.com.
  6. Ward, Gene (October 13, 1946). "Lion Rally Trims Yale, 28-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C via Newspapers.com.
  7. McGowen, Roscoe (October 20, 1946). "Long Cornell Run Knots Ithaca Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 27, 1946). "Yale Drubs Coast Guard Team, 47-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  9. McGowen, Roscoe (November 3, 1946). "Yale Overpowers Dartmouth, 33 to 2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Strauss, Michael (November 10, 1946). "Yale Overwhelms Brown by 49 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Young, Dick (November 17, 1946). "Yale Rips Tiger, 30-2". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Young, Dick (November 24, 1946). "Yale Blasts Harvard, 27-14, for Big 3 Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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