1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
American college football season
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The 1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MWAA) during the 1946 college football season. Led by Robert White in his first and only season as head coach, the Thorobreds compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 77.[1]
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record5–4 (0–3 MWAA)
Headcoach
- Robert White (1st season)
HomestadiumAlumni Field
| 1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football | |
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| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 5–4 (0–3 MWAA) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Wilberforce | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Lincoln (MO) | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philander Smith | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Kentucky State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Kentucky State at No. 19.[2]
The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | North Carolina A&T |
| W 7–0 | ||||
| October 5 | at Winston-Salem State | Winston-Salem, NC | W 27–6 | ||||
| October 12 | Lockbourne AFB | W 37–6 | |||||
| October 19 | Lincoln (MO) |
| L 0–7 | ||||
| October 26 | Texas College |
| L 7–26 | 6,000 | [3][4] | ||
| November 2 | at Florida A&M | W 14–6 | 5,000 | [5] | |||
| November 9 | Wilberforce |
| L 6–7 | [6] | |||
| November 16 | at Morris Brown | Atlanta, GA | W 13–0 | ||||
| November 23 | Tennessee A&I |
| L 0–19 | ||||
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