1946 Trinity Tigers football team

1946 Trinity Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAlamo Stadium
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     2 5 0
Texas A&I     2 7 0
CCUNC     2 4 0
Centre     0 7 0

The 1946 Trinity Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Trinity University of Texas as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Coe, the team compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 305 to 47.[1]

Trinity ranked third nationally in total offense among small-college teams with an average of 387.0 yards per game. It also ranked second in total defense, giving up only 100.8 yards per game.[2]

The season was the first for the football team after the school's move from Waxahachie to San Antonio. It also marked a transition for Trinity as it prepared to join the Lone Star Conference during the 1947 season.[3][4] The 1946 season consisted of games primarily with Army teams from in and around San Antonio and was billed by the school as "the start of bigger things to come for San Antonio sport fans."[3]

The team did not yet have a football stadium on its San Antonio campus and played its home games at Alamo Stadium and Harlandale High School field, both in San Antonio.

  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. 226.
  2. ^ The Official NCAA Football Guide for 1947, p. 87.
  3. ^ a b Harold V. Ratliff (November 12, 1946). "Trinity U. Is Ready for Lone Star Football". Denton Record-Chronicle. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Trinity Prepares For Sports Boom". San Antonio Light. October 13, 1946. p. 2D – via NewspaperArchive.com.