1946 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1946 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainPhil Cutchin
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1946 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bear Bryant, the Wildcats compiled a 7–3 record (2–3 against SEC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 233 to 90.[1]

Bryant was hired as Kentucky's head football coach in January 1946. He had been the head coach at Maryland in 1945. At age 32, he was one of the youngest head coaches at a major university.[2] Bryant took over a program that had compiled losing records of 2–8 in 1945, 3–6 in 1944, and 3–6–1 in 1942 – while winning only one game against an SEC opponent during the three years. Bryant promptly turned the program around, eventually leading the Wildcats to SEC and Sugar Bowl championships in 1950.

Two Kentucky players received honors from the

United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-SEC football team: Wallace Jones at end (AP-1, UP-3); and Dan Phelps at halfback (UP-2).[3][4]

Kentucky was ranked at No. 14 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[5]

The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Ole Miss
W 20–719,600[6]
September 28at Cincinnati*
W 26–727,000[7]
October 5Xavier*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 70–020,200[8]
October 11at No. 8 GeorgiaNo. 19
L 13–2825,000[9]
October 19Vanderbiltdagger
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 10–721,000[10]
October 26at No. 11 Alabama
L 7–2122,500[11]
November 2Michigan State*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 39–1419,700[12]
November 9at Marquette*
W 35–012,000[13]
November 16West Virginia*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 13–020,000[14]
November 23at No. 7 Tennessee
L 0–735,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1946 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
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1947 NFL draft

Main article:
1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Wildcats were selected.[17]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
3 18 Ermal Allen Quarterback
Chicago Cardinals
27 151 Phil Cutchin Back Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. ^ "1946 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
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  11. ^ Bassett, Norman (October 27, 1946). "Gilmer leads Alabama to 21–7 win over Cats". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 7. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
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  16. ^ "1946 Kentucky Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  17. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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