1946 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
American college football season
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The 1946 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1946 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Maynard O'Brien and played their home games at Schahrer Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with a 2–6 record overall and a 1–3 record in conference play.[1]
| 1946 Eastern Illinois Panthers football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (1–3 IIAC) |
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| Home stadium | Schahrer Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Butler* | Indianapolis, IN | L 12–19 | 8,000 | [2] |
| October 4 | at Northern Illinois State | L 0–26 | [3] | ||
| October 11 | Western Illinois |
| W 20–12 | [4] | |
| October 19 | Millikin* |
| W 7–0 | [5] | |
| October 26 | Illinois State Normal |
| L 13–26 | 5,000 | [6] |
| November 2 | at Southern Illinois | L 0–20 | [7] | ||
| November 9 | at Indiana State* | Terre Haute, IN | L 0–13 | [8] | |
| November 15 | at Murray State* | Murray, KY | L 13–38 | [9] | |
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