1946 Texas Longhorns football team

1946 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	#15
1946 record	8–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach	Dana X. Bible
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500)

1946 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Rice +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#16 Arkansas +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	2
#15 Texas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Baylor	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas, Austin in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college football. The Longhorns were led by the future Hall of Fame head coach, Dana X. Bible, in his tenth year at Texas and final year of coaching. Texas was the first-ranked team in the initial AP Poll, before sliding throughout the season. The Longhorns posted a record of 8–2 and received a final ranking of 15th.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 21, 1946	Missouri*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	W 42–0
September 28, 1946	Colorado*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	W 76–0
October 5, 1946	Oklahoma A&M*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	W 54–6
October 12, 1946	vs. #1 Oklahoma*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas (Red River Rivalry)	W 20–13
October 19, 1946	#14 Arkansas	#3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (Rivalry)	W 20–0
October 26, 1946	at #16 Rice	#3	Rice Field • Houston, Texas	L 13–18
November 2, 1946	SMU	#7	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	W 19–3
November 9, 1946	at Baylor	#6	Waco Stadium • Waco, Texas	W 22–7
November 16, 1946	at TCU	#6	Amon Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas	L 0–14
November 28, 1946	Texas A&M	#20	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (Rivalry)	W 24–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Awards and honors

Hub Bechtol, End, Consensus All-American^[3]

References

↑ Texas Yearly Results, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 11, 2009. Archived 2009-06-15.
↑ Texas 1946 AP Football Rankings, AP Poll Archive, retrieved June 11, 2009.
↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs)

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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