1946 Temple Owls football team

The 1946 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 2–4–2 record and was outscored by a total of 114 to 61.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1946 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record2–4–2
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Army   –    9 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –    9 –1 –0
Yale   –    7 –1 –1
Buffalo   –    7 –2 –0
Harvard   –    7 –2 –0
Massachusetts State   –    6 –2 –0
No. 13 Penn   –    6 –2 –0
Penn State   –    6 –2 –0
Boston College   –    6 –3 –0
Columbia   –    6 –3 –0
NYU   –    5 –3 –0
Cornell   –    5 –3 –1
Villanova   –    6 –4 –0
Boston College   –    7 –3 –0
Hofstra   –    4 –3 –0
Colgate   –    4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    4 –5 –0
Drexel   –    3 –4 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    3 –4 –0
Brown   –    3 –5 –1
Pittsburgh   –    3 –5 –1
Princeton   –    3 –5 –0
Temple   –    2 –4 –2
Bucknell   –    3 –6 –0
Dartmouth   –    3 –6 –0
Tufts   –    1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    0 –6 –0
Fordham   –    0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28SMU
T 7–7 30,000 [2]
October 4Georgia
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–35 35,000 [3]
October 12at Pittsburgh
T 0–0 3,000 [4]
October 18West Virginia
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–0 20,000 [5]
November 2at Syracuse
L 7–28 10,000 [6]
November 9at Penn State
L 0–26 15,000 [7]
November 16Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–6 10,000 [8]
November 23Holy Cross
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–12 10,000 [9]

References
  1. "1946 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. "SMU Struggles Back to Tie Temple, 7-7". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Knoxville, Tenn. United Press. September 29, 1946. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Bradberry, Johnny (October 5, 1946). "Bulldogs Roll Over Temple, 35 to 7; Georgia Takes to Air to Ice Game in 3rd as Trippi, Rauch Shine". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Ga. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Lewis, Allen (October 13, 1946). "Temple Holds Pitt to 0-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Temple Defeats West Virginia". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. October 19, 1946. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Baumgartner, Stan (November 3, 1946). "Syracuse Tops Temple, 28-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Baumgartner, Stan (November 10, 1946). "Penn State Blanks Temple Eleven, 26-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Baumgartner, Stan (November 17, 1946). "Temple's Air Attack Sinks Bucknell, 27-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Keane, Clif (November 24, 1946). "Crusaders Squelch Temple, 12-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
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