1946 SMU Mustangs football team

1946 SMU Mustangs football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–5–1 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainLendon Davis, Eugene McClintock, Eugene Wilson
Home stadiumOwnby Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Rice + 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 16 Arkansas + 5 1 0 6 3 2
No. 15 Texas 4 2 0 8 2 0
Texas A&M 4 2 0 4 6 0
SMU 2 4 0 4 5 1
TCU 2 4 0 2 7 1
Baylor 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1946 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 4–5–1 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 114 to 100.[1]

End Gene Wilson and guard Jim Sid Wright received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Southwest Conference football team.[2][3]

SMU was ranked at No. 41 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[4]

The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.

  1. ^ "1946 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Layne, Harris Only UT Player on AP Selection". The Austin American. December 3, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Claude Ramsey (December 5, 1946). "Layne, Harris Make UP's All-Conference". Austin American-Statesman. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.