1946 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1946 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas, Austin in 1946 college football season. The Longhorns were led by the future College Football 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]
| 1946 Texas Longhorns football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 15 |
| 1946 record | 8–2 (4–2 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Rice + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Texas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 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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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Missouri* | W 42–0 | ||||
| September 28 | Colorado* |
| W 76–0 | 24,000 | ||
| October 5 | Oklahoma A&M* |
| W 54–6 | |||
| October 12 | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 1 | W 20–13 | > 50,000 | [3] | |
| October 19 | No. 14 Arkansas | No. 3 |
| W 20–0 | ||
| October 26 | at No. 16 Rice | No. 3 | L 13–18 | 30,000 | [4] | |
| November 2 | SMU | No. 7 |
| W 19–3 | ||
| November 9 | at Baylor | No. 6 | W 22–7 | |||
| November 16 | at TCU | No. 6 | L 0–14 | |||
| November 28 | Texas A&M | No. 20 |
| W 24–7 | ||
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Awards and honors
- Hub Bechtol, End, Consensus All-American[5]
After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Longhorns were selected.[6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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| 1 | 5 | Hub Bechtol | End | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | 13 | Walt Heap | Back | Boston Yanks |
| 6 | 45 | Harlan Wetz | Tackle | Chicago Bears |
| 8 | 59 | Hank Harris | Guard | Washington Redskins |
| 19 | 174 | Frank Guess | Back | New York Giants |
| 20 | 184 | Tom Landry | Defensive back | New York Giants |
| 20 | 185 | Bill Cromer | Back | Washington Redskins |
| 23 | 215 | Al Lawler | Halfback | Chicago Bears |
| 24 | 217 | Ed Heap | Tackle | Boston Yanks |
| 28 | 265 | Joe Billy Baumgardner | Halfback | Chicago Bears |
References
- Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.
- Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.
- Hal Middlesworth (October 13, 1946). "Inspired Sooners Swap Texas Blow for Blow But Are Beaten, 20-13: OU's Offensive Throws Scare Into Longhorns; Cotton Bowl Filled As Layne Leads His Team to Hard Win". The Daily Oklahoman. pp. 1A, 1B. Retrieved April 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Wilbur Evans (October 27, 1946). "Owls Stage Big Upset as They Wallop Steers: Rice Zooms To New High With Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
- "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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