1946 Texas College Steers football team
American college football season
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The 1946 Texas College Steers football team was an American football team that represented Texas College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Alexander Durley, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–3 against SWAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 183 to 85.[1]
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–3 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Alexander Durley (5th season)
| 1946 Texas College Steers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–3 SWAC) |
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| No. 7 Southern $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Wiley | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Arkansas AM&N | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Prairie View A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Texas College | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Langston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Samuel Huston | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Texas College at No. 13.[2]
The team played its home games at Steer Stadium in Tyler, Texas.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Tennessee A&I* | L 13–20 | 7,000 | [3][4] | ||||
| October 5 | Samuel Huston |
| W 12–0 | [5][6] | ||||
| October 12 | at Arkansas AM&N |
| W 26–0 | [7] | ||||
| October 19 | vs. Langston | L 20–21 | 5,500 | [8][9] | ||||
| October 26 | at Kentucky State* |
| W 26–7 | 6,000 | [10][11] | |||
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Southern |
| L 18–19 | [12] | |||
| November 9 | at Prairie View |
| L 0–12 | [13] | ||||
| November 16 | Tillotson* |
| W 56–0 | [14] | ||||
| November 22 | at Houston College* | T 6–6 | [15] | |||||
| November 28 | Wiley |
| W 6–0 | [16] | ||||
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