1946 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1946 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumClyde Williams Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas + 4 1 0 7 2 1
No. 14 Oklahoma + 4 1 0 8 3 0
Missouri 3 2 0 5 4 1
Nebraska 3 2 0 3 6 0
Iowa State 1 4 0 2 6 1
Kansas State 0 5 0 0 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Mike Michalske, the Cyclones compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 239 to 77.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.

Two Iowa State players received honors from the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Big Six Conference football team: end Dean Laun (UP-2); and back Dick Howard (UP-3).[3][4]

There was no team captain selected for the 1946 season. The regular starting lineup consisted of ends Dean Laun and Bob Jensen, tackles Lou Bosnyak and Harle Rollinger, guards Fred Schneider and Norman Anderson, center James Riding, quarterback Don Ferguson, halfbacks Webb Halbert and Vic Weber, and fullback Ray Klootwyk.[2]

  1. ^ "1946 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 139.
  3. ^ "Four Sooners, Three Tigers, Three Jayhawks on All-Big 6". Moberly Monitor-Index. November 29, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Oklahoma Lands Four on All-Big Six First Team; Kansas Places Three Men". Seminole Producer. December 2, 1946. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.