1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (2–3–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumState College Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1947 →
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 0 0 6 4 1
No. 5 Lane 4 0 0 8 2 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 1 0 10 2 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 1 0 4 2 0
No. 18 Clark (GA) 2 2 1 2 4 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 3 1 5 3 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 3 0 3 4 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 3 1 4 3 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 4 0 5 5 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 4 1 4 4 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 4 3 1 4 3
Knoxville        
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Oliver C. Dawson, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 82. In December 1946, the Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated South Carolina State at No. 14.[1]

The team played home games in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

  1. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.