1946 SMU Mustangs football team

1946 SMU Mustangs football
1946 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	4–5–1 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Matty Bell (9th season);
Captains	Lendon Davis; Eugene McClintock; Eugene Wilson;
Home stadium	Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1946 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 4–5–1 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 114 to 100.^[1]

Record4–5–1 (2–4 SWC)

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1946 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Rice +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Arkansas +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	2
No. 15 Texas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	2	–	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

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End Gene Wilson and guard Jim Sid Wright received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Southwest Conference football team.^[2]^[3]

SMU was ranked at No. 41 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[4]

The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	30,000	^[5]^[6]
October 5	Texas Tech	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 0–7	30,000	^[7]
October 11	Oklahoma A&M	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 15–6	28,000	^[8]
October 19	at No. 16 Rice	Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–21		^[9]
October 26	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 17–0	> 20,000	^[10]
November 2	at No. 7 Texas	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 3–19	34,000	^[11]
November 9	Texas A&M	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 0–14	40,000	^[12]^[13]
November 16	at No. 17 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 0–13	15,000	^[14]
November 23	Baylor	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 35–0	15,000	^[15]
November 30	TCU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 30–13	17,000	^[16]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
6	40	Gene Wilson	End	Green Bay Packers
13	110	John Hamberger	Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles
17	154	Frank Pulattie	Back	New York Giants

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