1946 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

1946 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1–1 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPritchett Field
Seasons
← 1942
1947 →
1946 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 4 1 0 7 3 1
Sam Houston State 3 1 1 6 2 1
East Texas State 3 1 1 5 2 2
Southwest Texas State 3 2 0 6 2 2
Houston 1 4 0 4 6 0
Stephen F. Austin 0 5 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team was an American football team that represented Sam Houston State Teachers College (now known as Sam Houston State University) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth non-consecutive season under head coach Puny Wilson and their first season since the end of World War II,[1] the Bearkats compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–1–1 against LSC opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 53.[2][3]

The team played its home games at Pritchett Field in Huntsville, Texas.

  1. ^ The Bearkats did not field a team in 1943, 1944, or 1945.
  2. ^ "Sam Houston Football 2021 record Book" (PDF). Huntsville, Texas: Sam Houston State University. p. 60. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sam Houston State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2022.