1946 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1946 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1946 college football season. With the return Tom Hamilton, head coach from 1936 to 1938, the Midshipmen compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 186 to 105.^[1][2]

1946 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–8
Head coach	Tom Hamilton (4th season)
Captain	Leon Bramlett
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium Municipal Stadium
Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

1946 Southern major college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (FL)			–					8	–	2	–	0
Georgetown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Virginia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga			–					5	–	5	–	0
West Virginia			–					5	–	5	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	8	–	0

Navy was ranked at No. 32 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Villanova	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 7–0	18,502	[4]
October 5	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 14–23	35,000	[5]
October 12	Duke	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 6–21	41,504	[6]
October 19	North Carolina	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 14–21	30,500	[7]
October 26	at No. 6 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 19–32	78,000	[8]
November 2	No. 2 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–28	65,000	[9]
November 9	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 20–28	32,000	[10]
November 16	Penn State	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–12	22,000	[11][12]
November 30	vs. No. 1 Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 18–21	102,000	[13]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

Main article: 1947 NFL draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Midshipmen were selected.^[14]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
10	81	Bob Kelly	Halfback	Green Bay Packers
11	94	Robert Hoernschemeyer	Back	New York Giants
28	264	Jim Carrington	Guard	New York Giants

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
2. "Navy Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Mort Berry (September 29, 1946). "Navy Triumphs, 7-0: Villanova Stern Foe; Hawkins, Plebe, Scores After Wildcat Fumble". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 5S – via Newspapers.com.
5. Turkin, Hy (October 6, 1946). "Columbia Upsets Navy, 23-14, in Last Period". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C45 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Craig E. Taylor (October 13, 1946). "Duke Eleven Trounces Navy In Stadium, 21-6". pp. Sports 1, Sport 3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Craig F. Taylor (October 20, 1946). "N.C. Stages Rally To Top Navy, 21-14: Tarheels Score Twice In Last Period To Win Before 30,500 Fans". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Morrow, Art (October 27, 1946). "Penn's Early Surge Beats Navy, 32-19, Before 78,000; Minisi Ace in Quakers' 4th Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Craig E. Taylor (November 3, 1946). "Notre Dame Eleven Tops Navy by 28-0: 65,000 See Irish Team's Strength Overwhelm Middies in Stadium". The Baltimore Sun. pp. Main 1, Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Johnny Bradberry (November 10, 1946). "Navy Bows as Tech's Matthews Hauls Fumble 95 Yards: Engineers Rally To Win 7th". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
11. Craig E. Taylor (November 17, 1946). "Navy Eleven Loses To Penn State By 12-To-7 Score: Truman Sees Middies Suffer 7th Setback in Row at Annapolis". The Baltimore Sun. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Truman Makes Bad Forecast on Navy Game: President's Luck in Football Parallels His Election Guesses". The Baltimore Sun. November 17, 1946. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Gene Ward (December 1, 1946). "Army Halts Navy Rally to Win, 21-18: Clock Stops Middies on 5; Ray's Kicks Bring Victory". New York Daily News. p. C49 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.