1946 San Jose State Spartans football team
American college football season
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The 1946 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1946 college football season.
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CCAA champion Raisin Bowl champion | |
Raisin Bowl, W 20–0 vs. Utah State | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 9–1–1 (4–0 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Spartan Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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San Jose State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Wilbur V. Hubbard, in his first year, and they played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season as Champion of the CCAA, with a record of nine wins and one loss and one tie (9–1–1, 4–0 CCAA). At the end of the season, the Spartans were invited to the second annual Raisin Bowl, played in Fresno, California vs. the Mountain States Conference co-champion, Utah State Agricultural[note 2] Aggies. On January 1, 1947, San Jose State shut out Utah State 20–0. This was the first bowl appearance for San Jose State.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Willamette* | W 44–6 | |||
| October 5 | at Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 7–34 | 5,000 | [1] |
| October 10 | Hawaii All-Stars (Leilehua Alums)* |
| T 19–19 | 12,000 | |
| October 19 | at Idaho* | W 26–14 | 2,500 | ||
| October 25 | BYU* |
| W 14–0 | 10,000 | [2] |
| November 1 | at Santa Barbara |
| W 20–0 | ||
| November 8 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 32–0 | ||
| November 16 | at San Diego State | W 6–0 | 11,000 | [3] | |
| November 22 | Fresno State |
| W 13–2 | 7,500 | |
| November 29 | Portland* |
| W 26–19 | 6,500 | |
| January 1, 1947 | Utah State* | W 20–0 | 13,000 | [4] | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1947 NFL draft.[6][7]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
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| Frank Minini | Halfback – Blocking Back | 3 | 23 | Chicago Bears |
Notes
- San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
- Utah State University was known as Utah State Agricultural College from 1929 to 1957.
