1946 Pepperdine Waves football team
| 1946 Pepperdine Waves football | |
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Will Rogers Bowl, W 38–13 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 8–1 |
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| Home stadium | Sentinel Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Oregon | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (CA) | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho Southern Branch | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Oregon | – | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1946 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1946 college football season. It was Pepperdine's first year of playing football. The Waves were led by first-year head coach Warren Gaer. Pepperdine finished the regular season 7–1 and defeated Nebraska Wesleyan in the 1947 Will Rogers Bowl.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Whittier | W 13–0 | [3] | ||
| October 5 | at Arizona State | L 13–12 | [4] | ||
| October 12 | at Redlands | W 20–7 | 5,000 | [5] | |
| October 18 | at Loyola (CA) | W 21–6 | 7,000 | [6] | |
| October 26 | at Pomona[note 2] |
| W 19–6 | [7] | |
| November 9 | Cal Poly | W 28–18 | 7,000 | [8] | |
| November 16 | at Humboldt State | W 19–6 | [9] | ||
| November 27 | Caltech |
| W 32–0 | [10] | |
| January 1 | vs. Nebraska Wesleyan | W 38–13 | 800 | [11] | |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
- ^ What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team played using just the Pomona College name from 1893 to 1949. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
References
[edit]- ^ "Pepperdine Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ "Pepperdine Defeats Whittier in Debut". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. September 29, 1946. p. 26. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Nudged by Tempe". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 6, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Redlands Loses To Pepperdine". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 13, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Loyola Falls To Pepperdine". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 20, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Scrappy Pepperdine Waves Nudge Pomona". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 27, 1946. p. 23. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Waves Win Over Cal Poly". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 10, 1946. p. 23. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Trips Humboldt State Gridders 19 to 6". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 17, 1946. p. 27. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Receives Bid to Bowl Game". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California. November 28, 1946. p. 11. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Plainsmen Fall 38-13". Lincoln Star. January 2, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved January 2, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
