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1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

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1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (2–3–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumState College Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1947 →
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Oliver C. Dawson, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 82. In December 1946, the Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated South Carolina State at No. 14.[1]

The team played home games in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5KnoxvilleOrangeburg, SCT 7–7
October 12at LaneJackson, TNL 3–13
October 19at Fort Valley State*Fort Valley, GAW 41–0
October 26Alabama A&M*Orangeburg, SCW 26–0
November 2Morris BrownOrangeburg, SCW 7–0
November 9MorehouseOrangeburg, SCL 13–26
November 16at TuskegeeTuskegee, ALL 14–30[2]
November 28BenedictOrangeburg, SCW 22–0
December 7Johnson C. Smith*Orangeburg, SCW 13–6
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tuskegee Wallops S. Carolina State Bulldogs, 30 To 14". The Birminghman News. November 17, 1946. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.