1946 Kansas Jayhawks football team

1946 Kansas Jayhawks football
Big 6 co-champion
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record7–2–1 (4–1 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
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 Kansas Jayhawks football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kansas in the Big Six Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Sauer, the Jayhawks compiled a 7–2–1 record (4–1 against conference opponents), tied with Oklahoma for the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 157 to 145.[1][2]

Seven Kansas players received honors from the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Big Six Conference football team: halfback Ray Evans (AP-1, UP-1); end Otto Schnellbacher (AP-1, UP-1); guard Don Fambrough (AP-1, UP-1); end David Schmidt (AP-2, UP-2); back Frank Pattee (UP-3); back Bud French (UP-3); and tackle Don Ettinger (UP-3).[3][4]

Kansas was ranked at No. 76 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[5]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

  1. ^ "1946 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  2. ^ 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 183.
  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.
  5. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.