1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (– SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumState College Stadium
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 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Oliver C. Dawson, the Bulldogs compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 82.[1]

In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated South Carolina State at No. 14.[2]

The team played its home games in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5KnoxvilleOrangeburg, SCT 7–7
October 12at LaneJackson, TNL 3–13
October 19at Fort Valley State*Fort Valley, GAW 41–0
October 26Alabama A&M*Orangeburg, SCW 26–0
November 2Morris BrownOrangeburg, SCW 7–0
November 9MorehouseOrangeburg, SCL 13–26
November 16at TuskegeeTuskegee, ALL 14–30
November 28BenedictOrangeburg, SCW 22–0
December 7Johnson C. Smith*Orangeburg, SCW 13–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "South Carolina State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennesssee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.