1946 Cornell Big Red football team

1946 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–3–1 (3–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainJoe Martin
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Yale 4 1 1 7 1 1
Harvard 3 1 0 7 2 0
No. 13 Penn 3 1 0 6 2 0
Cornell 3 1 1 5 3 1
Columbia 2 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 2 4 0 3 5 0
Brown 1 3 0 3 5 1
Dartmouth 1 6 0 3 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Edward McKeever, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored its opponents 135 to 115. Joe Martin was the team captain.[1]

Walter Kretz led Cornell and ranked 17th nationally with 602 rushing yards and averaged 6.76 yards per carry.[2]

Cornell was ranked at No. 38 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[3]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.