1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

The 1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 10–1 record, won the MAA championship, shut out six of eleven opponents, defeated West Virginia State in the Derby Bowl and Louisville Municipal in the Vulcan Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 247 to 61.[1] The team played its home games at Tennessee State Stadium and Sulphur Dell in Nashville, Tennessee.

1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record10–1 (3–0 MAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSulphur Dell, Tennessee State Stadium
1946 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ 3 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 4 Wilberforce 1 –1 –15 –2 –2
No. 7 Lincoln (MO) 1 –1 –15 –3 –1
No. 19 Kentucky State 0 –3 –05 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 1 black college football team for 1946 with a score of 27.27, ahead of No. 2 Morgan State with a score of 26.0, No. 3 Tuskegee with a score of 25.0, and No. 4 Wilberforce with a score of 23.57.[2] The Pittsburgh Courier recognized Tennessee A&I and Morgan State as the 1946 black college national co-champions.

Key players included fullback Ralph Pulley.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Texas College*
W 20–137,000[3][4]
October 5Langston*
  • Tennessee State Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 27–0[5]
October 12Clark (GA)*
  • Tennessee State Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 26–05,000[6]
October 26at WilberforceXenia, OHW 25–78,000[7]
November 2vs. North Carolina Central*
L 6–1422,000[8]
November 9at Southern*Scotlandville, LAW 21–20
November 16Lincoln (MO)*Nashville, TNW 12–0[9]
November 23at Kentucky StateFrankfort, KYW 19–0
November 28Knoxville*Nashville, TNW 32–0
December 7vs. West Virginia State*
W 27–7[10]
January 1, 1947vs. Louisville Municipal*Birmingham, AL (Vulcan Bowl)W 32–04,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  2. Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "State College Eleven Defeats Texas Combine". The Nashville Tennessean. September 28, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Pulley in Hero Role As Texas Tumbles". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 5, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "State Eleven Avenges 1945 Langston Loss". The Nashville Tennessean. October 6, 1946. p. 12C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tenn. State Sinks Clark: Tennessee State Tops Clark By 26-0 Margin". Alabama Tribune. October 18, 1946. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Wilberforce Is Defeated". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. International News Service. October 27, 1946. p. 2, sports section. Retrieved December 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "22,000 See N.C. College Upset Tenn. State, 14-6: Under-rated Tarheels Smash A. & I. Forwards". Pittsburgh Courier. November 9, 1946. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tennessee State Stops Lincoln In Muddy Game". The Nashville Tennessean. November 17, 1946. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tennessee State Wins Derby Bowl Game 27-6". The Courier-Journal. December 8, 1946. p. IV-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Municipal Loses 32 to 0 In Vulcan Bowl". The Courier-Journal. January 2, 1947. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
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