1946 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1946 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
AP	No. 12
Record	7–1–1 (4–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Howard Odell (5th season)
Captain	Richard M. Hollingshead III
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Seasons← 1945 1947 →

1946 Ivy Group football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Yale	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Harvard	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Penn	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Cornell	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Columbia	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Brown	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Odell, finished the season with a 7–1–1 record, and were ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll (No. 21 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings). Two Yale players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) or International News Service (INS) on the 1946 All-Eastern football team: halfback Levi Jackson (AP-2, INS-1); and guard Fritz Barzilauskas (AP-1; INS-1). Jackson led Yale and ranked fifth nationally with 806 rushing yards and averaged 6.01 yards per carry.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Merchant Marine*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 33–0	21,000
October 5	Colgate*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–6	38,000
October 12	No. 11 Columbia	No. 15	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 20–28	65,000
October 19	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 6–6	27,000
October 26	Coast Guard*		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 47–14	10,000
November 2	Dartmouth		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 33–2	66,000
November 9	Brown		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 49–0	40,000
November 16	Princeton	No. 18	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 30–2	70,000
November 23	at Harvard	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 27–14	57,300
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	15	—	—	—	—	18	15	12	12

After the season

Main article: 1947 NFL draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bulldogs were selected.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
1	3	Fritz Barzilauskas	Guard	Boston Yanks
30	277	John Prchlik	Defensive tackle	Boston Yanks
31	292	Bill Schuler	Tackle	New York Giants

References

"Year By Year Scores: 1946". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 69. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
"1946 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
"Army Places Four Players On A-P All-Eastern Team". Evening Times. Cumberland, Maryland. November 26, 1946. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 80.
"Yale Eleven Whips Kings Point, 33-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 1946. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
"Yale Shocks Colgate; Second Half Attack Nets 27-6 Eli Win". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
Ward, Gene (October 13, 1946). "Lion Rally Trims Yale, 28-20". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
McGowen, Roscoe (October 20, 1946). "Long Cornell Run Knots Ithaca Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Cunavelis, Jimmy (October 27, 1946). "Yale Drubs Coast Guard Team, 47-14". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
McGowen, Roscoe (November 3, 1946). "Yale Overpowers Dartmouth, 33 to 2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Strauss, Michael (November 10, 1946). "Yale Overwhelms Brown by 49 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
Young, Dick (November 17, 1946). "Yale Rips Tiger, 30-2". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
Young, Dick (November 24, 1946). "Yale Blasts Harvard, 27-14, for Big 3 Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
"1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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