1946 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

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1946
Pritchett Field
Seasons
1946 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 4 1 0 7 3 1
Sam Houston State 3 1 1 6 2 1
East Texas State
3 1 1 5 2 2
Southwest Texas State 3 2 0 6 2 2
Houston 1 4 0 4 6 0
Stephen F. Austin 0 5 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team was an American football team that represented Sam Houston State Teachers College (now known as Sam Houston State University) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth non-consecutive season under head coach Puny Wilson and their first season since the end of World War II,[1] the Bearkats compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–1–1 against LSC opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 53.[2][3]

The team played its home games at

Pritchett Field in Huntsville, Texas
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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at
Louisiana College*
Alexandria, LAW 12–0[4]
September 28
Pritchett Field
  • Huntville, TX
  • W 20–07,000[5][6]
    October 5at Corpus Christi NAS*
    W 7–03,500[7]
    October 12
    Austin*
    • Pritchett Field
    • Huntsville, TX
    L 18–19[8]
    October 25at North Texas State
    W 12–06,500[9]
    November 2at
    East Texas State
    Commerce, TXT 0–0[10]
    November 16Southwest Texas State
    • Pritchett Field
    • Huntsville, TX
    L 13–21[11]
    November 23Stephen F. Austin*
    • Pritchett Field
    • Huntsville, TX (rivalry)
    W 20–7[12]
    November 28at HoustonW 28–65,000[13]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ The Bearkats did not field a team in 1943, 1944, or 1945.
    2. ^ "Sam Houston Football 2021 record Book" (PDF). Huntsville, Texas: Sam Houston State University. p. 60. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
    3. ^ "Sam Houston State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
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