1946 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
American college football season
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The 1946 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its 16th year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 5–5 record.
| 1946 Chattanooga Moccasins football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 5–5 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Gene Roberts |
| Home stadium | Chamberlain Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Moccasins ranked 13th nationally in total offense with an average of 329.9 yards per game.[1] Back Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts ranked second in the country with 1,113 rushing yards.[2] Roberts was also the leading scorer among major college players with 117 points scored on 18 touchdowns and nine extra points.[3]
Chattanooga was ranked at No. 65 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | at Mississippi State | L 7–41 | 12,000 | [5] | |
| October 4 | Tennessee Tech | W 37–6 | 5,700 | [6] | |
| October 12 | at No. 8 Tennessee | L 7–47 | 22,000 | [7] | |
| October 18 | Murray State |
| W 34–6 | [8] | |
| October 25 | at Miami (FL) | L 13–33 | 26,011 | [9] | |
| November 1 | No. 12 Wake Forest |
| L 14–32 | 9,000 | [10] |
| November 9 | at Dayton | W 34–7 | 5,000 | [11] | |
| November 15 | Newberry |
| W 47–7 | 5,000 | [12] |
| November 23 | No. 3 Georgia |
| L 27–48 | 10,000 | [13] |
| November 28 | Rollins |
| W 34–6 | [14] | |
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