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]

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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 
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1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 0 06 4 1
No. 5 Lane 4 0 08 2 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 1 010 2 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 1 04 2 0
No. 18 Clark (GA) 2 2 12 4 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 3 15 3 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 3 03 4 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 3 14 3 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 4 05 5 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 4 14 4 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 4 31 4 3
Knoxville       
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Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
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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.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
Fort BenningW 56–0
September 21Philander SmithTuskegee, ALW 59–0
September 28GramblingTuskegee, ALW 21–6[4]
October 5at Clark (GA)Atlanta, GAW 13–0
October 11vs. WilberforceW 14–715,000–20,000[5][6]
October 19FiskTuskegee, ALW 13–65,000[7][8]
October 25vs. Morehouse
W 15–013,000[9]
October 28vs. Wiley
W 21–617,000[10]
November 9at Florida A&M
L 12–215,000[11]
November 16South Carolina StatedaggerTuskegee, ALW 30–14[12]
November 28at Alabama StateW 26–1413,000[13]
December 25vs. Southern
L 7–645,000[14]
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