1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1946
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Illinois $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Michigan 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 20 Indiana 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio State 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Northwestern 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Purdue 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an

AP Poll and were invited to play in the 1947 Rose Bowl where they defeated No. 4 UCLA, 45–14.[1][2] Center Mac Wenskunas was the team captain.[2]

United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Big Nine Conference football team: Agase (AP-1, UP-1); ends Ike Owens (UP-1) and Sam Zatkoff (UP-2); and halfback Jules Rykovich (UP-2).[5][6]

The team played its home games at

Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois
.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 211:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh*
W 33–735,000[7]
September 28
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• L 6–2675,119[8]
    October 5Purdue
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    		W 43–738,519[9]
    October 12at IndianaNo. 12
    		L 7–1427,000[10]
    October 192:00 p.m.No. 20 Wisconsindagger
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 27–2162,597[11]
    October 26at No. 8 Michigan
    		W 13–986,938[12][13]
    November 2at IowaNo. 11
    		W 7–052,000[14]
    November 16No. 13
    Illibuck Trophy)
    		W 16–761,519[15]
    November 23at NorthwesternNo. 5
    		W 20–047,000[16]
    January 1vs. No. 4 UCLA*No. 5
    		W 45–1493,083[17]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    Game summaries

    Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh at Illinois
    1 234Total
    Panthers 0 700 7
    • Fighting Illini 7 01313 33
    • Date: September 21
    • Location:
      Pittsburgh, PA
    • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
    • Referee: Russel H. Rupp (Lebanon Valley) ; John Vilson (Ohio State) (Umpire); Herbert F. Steger (Michigan (Linesman); Loyed Larson (Wisconsin (Field judge);
    • Television network: WDWS

    Previous Scores

    Year Score
    1943 ILL 33-25
    1944 ILL 39-5
    1945 ILL 23-3

    Stats

    Illinois Pittsburgh
    Total number of first downs 10 9
    First down rushing 7 3
    First down forward pass 1 6
    First down penalties 2 0
    Net yard rushing 193 132
    Net yard forward pass 33 73
    Net yard offensive plays 226 205
    Forward pass thrown 9 19
    Forward pass completed 2 6
    Forward pass Int'ecpted 2 4
    Number of penalties 1 14
    Yards of penalties 5 76
    Number of punts 5 12
    Number of fumble 5 12
    Number of fumble lost 1 3

    Rankings

    See also: 1946 college football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
    Week
    Poll12345678Final
    AP12——11109555

    Roster

    Player Position
    Alex Agase Offensive guard
    Perry Moss Quarterback
    Ruck Steger
    Les Bingaman Guard, Tackle
    Sam Zatkoff End
    Joe Buscemi
    Bob Cunz Tackle
    Don Maechtle Placekicker
    Don Pittman
    Chuck Gottfried
    Al Martignago
    Lyle Button Tackle
    Lou Levanti Center
    Bob Prymuski Guard
    Tom Gallagher
    Al Mastrangeli Center
    Merle Schlosser End
    Bernie Krueger Quarterback
    Dike Eddleman
    		 Punter
    Bill Franks Tackle
    Chick Maggioli Defensive back, Halfback
    Paul Patterson Quarterback
    Ike Owens End, Defensive end
    Art Dufelmeier (Captain) Halfback
    Tom Stewart
    Bob Hinkle
    Lou Agase Tight end, Tackle
    Jim Valck
    Jack Pierce
    Burt Schmidt
    Denny Bassett
    Walt Kersulis End
    John Wrenn Guard
    Herb Siegert Guard, Linebacker
    Bill Heiss
    		 End

    Awards and honors

    References

    1. ^ "1946 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
    2. ^ a b "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
    3. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
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    5. ^ "Indiana Places Three on Big Ten All-Stars". The Milwaukee Journal (AP story). November 26, 1946. p. 6. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
    6. ^ "Michigan Gets Three Places On UP Team". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (UP story). November 30, 1946. p. 13.
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    12. ^ Edward Burns (October 27, 1946). "Zatkoff Races 53 Yards As Illinois Beats Michigan, 13-9". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
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