1946 Springfield Gymnasts football team

1946 Springfield Gymnasts football
1946 Springfield Gymnasts football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Ossie Solem (1st season);
Home stadium	Pratt Field
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

ConferenceIndependent

Record4–4

Headcoach

Ossie Solem (1st season)

HomestadiumPratt Field

1946 Eastern non-major college football independents records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Thiel		–		7	–	0	–	0
Muhlenberg		–		9	–	1	–	0
Geneva		–		7	–	1	–	0
Dickinson		–		6	–	1	–	0
Alfred		–		5	–	1	–	0
Buffalo		–		7	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		6	–	2	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	2	–	1
St. Lawrence		–		5	–	2	–	0
American International		–		4	–	2	–	1
Trinity (CT)		–		4	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cortland State		–		4	–	3	–	0
Hofstra		–		4	–	3	–	0
Springfield		–		4	–	4	–	0
New York A&T		–		3	–	3	–	0
Northeastern		–		3	–	3	–	0
Scranton		–		4	–	5	–	1
Gettysburg		–		4	–	5	–	0
Drexel		–		3	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		3	–	4	–	0
Coast Guard		–		3	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		1	–	6	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		0	–	6	–	0

The 1946 Springfield Gymnasts football team, sometimes also referred to as the Maroons, was an American football team that represented Springfield College as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Ossie Solem, the Gymnasts compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 69.^[1]^[2]

The team played its home games at Pratt Field in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was the program's first season since 1942, having gone on hiatus during World War II.

Solem had previously coached for three major football programs, Drake (1921–1931), Iowa (1932–1936), and Syracuse (1937–1945).^[3]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Northeastern	Huntington Field Boston, MA	L 0–6		^[4]
October 5	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Field Storrs, CT	L 0–25	3,500	^[5]
October 12	Norwich	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	W 20–0	1,000	^[6]
October 19	at New Hampshire	Lewis Field Durham, NH	W 14–6	7,000	^[7]
October 26	American International	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	W 34–6	5,000	^[8]
November 2	at Wayne	Kenworth Stadium Detroit, MI	L 6–12	1,794	^[9]
November 9	St. Lawrence	Springfield, MA	W 24–0
November 16	Cortland	Springfield, MA	L 12–14

v t e Springfield Pride football
Venues	Pratt Field Stagg Field (1971–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

1946 Springfield Gymnasts football team

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