1946 BYU Cougars football team
| 1946 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–2–1 MSC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 against conference opponents, finished fourth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 119 to 94.[1][2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | Western State (CO)* | Provo, UT | W 13–2 | [3] | |||
| September 28 | at Gatton Field | L 12–13 | 3,000 | [4] | |||
| October 4 | at Denver | L 13–26 | [5] | ||||
| October 12 | Utah | Provo, UT (rivalry) | L 6–35 | 12,500 | [6] | ||
| October 19 | Colorado | Provo, UT | W 10–7 | 5,000 | [7] | ||
| October 25 | at San Jose State* | L 0–14 | 10,000 | [8] | |||
| November 2 | Wyoming | Provo, UT | W 6–3 | 3,500 | [9] | ||
| November 9 | at Utah State | T 0–0 | 8,000 | [10] | |||
| November 16 | at Colorado A&M | W 20–6 | 1,500 | [11] | |||
| November 22 | at Texas Mines* | W 14–13 | [12] | ||||
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After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Cougars were selected.[13]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL team |
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| 16 | 136 | Reed Nilsen | Center | Detroit Lions |
| 19 | 171 | Scotty Deeds | Back | Chicago Cardinals |
| 28 | 257 | Dick Chatterton | Back | Boston Yanks |
References
- ^ "1946 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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- ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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