1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team information
American college football season
1946Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Yam Bowl, L 7–64 vs. Southern
Conference
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record
10–2 (5–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Cleveland Abbott (24th season)
Home stadium
Alumni Bowl
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 8 Florida A&M $
6
–
0
–
0
6
–
4
–
1
No. 5 Lane
4
–
0
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
No. 3 Tuskegee
5
–
1
–
0
10
–
2
–
0
No. 12 Xavier (LA)
1
–
1
–
0
4
–
2
–
0
No. 18 Clark (GA)
2
–
2
–
1
2
–
4
–
1
No. 14 South Carolina State
2
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
No. 15 Fisk
0
–
3
–
0
3
–
4
–
1
No. 16 Morris Brown
3
–
3
–
1
4
–
3
–
1
No. 17 Benedict
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
No. 20 Alabama State
3
–
4
–
1
4
–
4
–
1
No. 22 Morehouse
1
–
4
–
3
1
–
4
–
3
Knoxville
–
–
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System
The 1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tuskegee University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled a 10–2 record (5–1 against SIAC opponents), lost to Southern in the Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 287 to 138.[1]
The Dickinson System rated Tuskegee as the No. 3 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I and No. 2 Morgan State.[2]
Two Tuskegee players were selected as first-team player on The Pittsburgh Courier's 1946 All-America team: freshman guard Herman Mabrie from Tulsa, Oklahoma; and junior back Whitney Van Cleve from Kokomo, Indiana. Two other were named to the second team: center Simmons and quarterback Robert Moore.[3]
The team played its home games at the Alumni Bowl in Tuskegee, Alabama.
^"Tuskegee Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
^Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennesssee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^Wendell Smith (December 14, 1946). "Here They Are! The All-Americans of 1946: Tennessee, Tuskegee Win Two Berths on 'Dream Team'". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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