1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team

1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Yam Bowl, L 7–64 vs. Southern
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Bowl
Seasons
← 1945
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 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tuskegee University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled a 10–2 record (5–1 against SIAC opponents), lost to Southern in the Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 287 to 138.[1]

The Dickinson System rated Tuskegee as the No. 3 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I and No. 2 Morgan State.[2]

Two Tuskegee players were selected as first-team player on The Pittsburgh Courier's 1946 All-America team: freshman guard Herman Mabrie from Tulsa, Oklahoma; and junior back Whitney Van Cleve from Kokomo, Indiana. Two other were named to the second team: center Simmons and quarterback Robert Moore.[3]

The team played its home games at the Alumni Bowl in Tuskegee, Alabama.

  1. ^ "Tuskegee Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Wendell Smith (December 14, 1946). "Here They Are! The All-Americans of 1946: Tennessee, Tuskegee Win Two Berths on 'Dream Team'". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.