1946 Colgate Red Raiders football team information
American college football season
1946Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference
Independent
Record
4–4
Head coach
Andrew Kerr (18th season)
Captain
Robert Orlando
Home stadium
Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Eastern major college football independents records
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t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 Army
–
9
–
0
–
1
Penn State
–
6
–
2
–
0
Boston College
–
6
–
3
–
0
Holy Cross
–
6
–
4
–
0
NYU
–
5
–
3
–
0
Villanova
–
6
–
4
–
0
Colgate
–
4
–
4
–
0
Syracuse
–
4
–
5
–
0
Pittsburgh
–
3
–
5
–
1
Temple
–
2
–
4
–
2
Merchant Marine
–
4
–
7
–
0
Bucknell
–
3
–
6
–
0
Fordham
–
0
–
7
–
0
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1946 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its 18th and final season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 95. Robert Orlando was the team captain.[1][2]
In Kerr's final game as Colgate's head coach, the team trailed 7–0 to Brown at halftime. Kerr gave a speech asking his team to score three touchdowns in the second half. The team complied and sent Kerr out as a winner.[3]
Colgate was ranked at No. 53 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[4]
The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.
^"2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^"1946 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^"Red Raiders Beat Brown To End Kerr's Regime". The Troy Record. November 29, 1946. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
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