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The 1946 Morgan State Bears football team was an American football team that represented Morgan State College in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their 18th season under head coach Edward P. Hurt, the Bears compiled an 8–0 record, won the CIAA championship, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 151 to 31.[1]

Record8–0 (7–0 CIAA)
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1946 Morgan State Bears football
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Record8–0 (7–0 CIAA)
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1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Morgan State $7–0–08–0–0
No. 10 West Virginia State5–2–06–3–1
Virginia State5–2–07–2–0
No. 16 Howard6–2–06–3–0
No. 20 Lincoln (PA)4–2–06–3–0
No. 16 North Carolina College5–3–07–3–0
No. 18 North Carolina A&T3–4–04–4–0
No. 19 Shaw3–3–15–3–1
Delaware State3–4–05–4–0
No. 22 Hampton4–4–04–4–0
No. 18 Bluefield State3–4–14–4–1
Winston-Salem State1–4–13–5–1
No. 22 Virginia Union1–5–13–5–1
Johnson C. Smith0–6–20–7–2
Saint Paul's (VA)0–6–00–6–0
St. Augustine's1–0–03–1–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Dickinson System.
    St. Augustine's did not play the six conference games required to be eligible for the conference standings.
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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] Despite the Dickinson rankings, the Bears were recognized as the 1946 black college national co-champion along with Tennessee A&I.

The 1946 season was the 10th of 12 undefeated season for Morgan State under head coach Edgar Hurt. Key players on the 1946 team included backs Terry Day and George Watkins, quarterbacks Cyril Byron and Oscar Givens, fullback George Rooks, halfback Jonathan Campbell, center Earl F. Couch II, tackles Bertram Coppock and Lorenzo Thomas, end Joseph Eggleston, placekicker Willard Jones, and punter Tippy Day.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Delaware StateDover, DEW 22–6[4]
October 12West Virginia State
W 13–12[5]
October 19Grambling*
  • Morgan Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 35–0[6]
October 26Lincoln (PA)
  • Morgan Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 28–0[7]
November 2at North Carolina A&TGreensboro, NCW 12–7
November 9at Bluefield StateBluefield, WVW 15–6[8]
November 16HamptondaggerBaltimore, MDW 20–0
November 28at Virginia StatePetersburg, VAW 6–012,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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