Global Information1946 Compton Tartars football team information
| 1946 Compton Tartars football | |
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Metropolitan champion Little Rose Bowl champion | |
Little Rose Bowl, W 19–0 vs. Kilgore | |
| Conference | Metropolitan Conference |
| Record | 10–1 (6–1 Metropolitan) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Ramsaur Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compton $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Monica | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles City | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bakersfield | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ventura | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glendale (CA) | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pasadena | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Compton Tartars football team was an American football team that represented Compton College as a member of the Metropolitan Conference during the 1946 junior college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Tay Brown, the team compiled a 10–1 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the Metropolitan Conference championship, defeated Kilgore in the Little Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 284 to 94.[1]
The team ranked sixth nationally among small college teams in total offense with an average of 331.1 yards per game.[2] The offense was led by fullback John Finney and quarterback Bev Wallace. Finney averaged 6.3 yards per carry and was named "Player of the Year" by the All-Southern California board of football.[3][4] In the Little Rose Bowl game, Wallace completed 11 of 16 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns.[5] Wallace later played three seasons for the San Francisco 49ers.
Compton took five of eleven spots on the 1946 All-Metropolitan Conference football team. The honorees were Bev Wallace and John Finney at back; Robert Boyd and Gene Nordyke at end; and Fred (Floyd) Hopper at guard.[6]
Coach Tay Brown led Compton to four Little Rose Bowl games, compiled a 140–33–9 record at the school, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.[7]
The team played its home games at Ramsaur Stadium in Compton, California.
- ^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 171.
- ^ The Official NCAA Football Guide, p. 87.
- ^ The Official NCAA Football Guide, p. 88.
- ^ "Compton's Finney Honored; Mustang Stars Gain Place". Pasadena Independent. December 6, 1946. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
LRBwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aguirre on All-Southern California 11". The Bakersfield Californian. December 5, 1946. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tay Brown". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 13, 2022.