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]

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.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Villanova	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 7–0	18,502	[3]
October 5	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 14–23	35,000	[4]
October 12	Duke	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 6–21	41,504	[5]
October 19	North Carolina	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 14–21	30,500	[6]
October 26	at No. 6 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 19–32	78,000	[7]
November 2	No. 2 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–28	65,000	[8]
November 9	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 20–28	32,000	[9]
November 16	Penn State	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–12	22,000	[10][11]
November 30	vs. No. 1 Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 18–21	102,000	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Midshipmen were selected.^[13]

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