1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football
Oil Bowl, L 19–41 vs. Georgia Tech
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Western major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nevada   –   7 – 2 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   6 – 3 – 0
San Francisco   –   3 – 6 – 0
Santa Clara   –   2 – 5 – 1
Portland   –   1 – 4 – 1

The 1946 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach James Phelan, the Gaels compiled a 6–3 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 229 to 160.[1]

The team was led on offense by Herman Wedemeyer who ranked seventh in the nation with 1,220 yards of total offense—625 rushing yards and 595 passing yards.[2] He was selected by both the United Press and the Associated Press as a first-team halfback on the 1946 All-Pacific Coast football team.[3][4] In 1979, Wedemeyer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[5]

Saint Mary's was ranked at No. 72 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[6]

  1. ^ "1946 Saint Mary's (CA) Gaels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  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. 79.
  3. ^ "Uclans Land 10 Men on All-Pacific Coast Football Club". The Independent-Record, Helena, Montana. November 27, 1945. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Horace Gillom, Nevada End, Makes UP's All-Pacific Coast Selection". Nevada State Journal. November 29, 1946. p. 10.
  5. ^ Dick Fishback (January 28, 1979). "Five-O's Wedey still gathering fame -- Football Hall of Fame". The Honolulu Advertiser. p. G3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.