1946 Louisville Municipal Bantams football team

1946 Louisville Municipal Bantams football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma City     10 1 0
Maryville (TN)     9 1 0
East Tennessee State     7 1 0
Millsaps     5 1 0
Middle Tennessee     6 2 1
Mississippi College     6 2 0
Trinity (TX)     6 2 0
Louisville Municipal     5 2 0
Fayetteville State     7 3 0
Mississippi Southern     7 3 0
East Carolina     5 3 1
Princess Anne     5 3 1
Austin Peay     5 4 0
Arkansas State     4 3 3
Sewanee     4 3 0
Livingston State     4 3 0
Tennessee Tech     5 5 0
Troy State     4 4 0
Grambling     5 6 0
Texas A&I     2 7 0
CCUNC     2 4 0
Centre     0 7 0

The 1946 Louisville Municipal Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Louisville Municipal College (now part of University of Louisville) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Dwight T. Reed, the Bantams compiled a 5–2 record, lost to Tennessee A&I in the Vulcan Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 116 to 63.[1]

In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Louisville Municipal at No. 16.[2]

The team played its home games at Maxwell Field in Louisville, Kentucky.

  1. ^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 192.
  2. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.