1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1946
Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record6–4 (2–2 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
1946 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southeastern Louisiana $ 4 0 0 9 0 0
Louisiana Tech 3 1 0 7 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 2 0 6 4 0
Northwestern State 1 3 0 4 6 0
Louisiana College
0 4 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 6–4 record.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Houston*W 13–711,000[3]
September 28Stephen F. Austin*W 13–2
October 4at Southeastern LouisianaL 13–27[4]
October 12at No. 6 Alabama*L 0–5418,000[5]
October 18at Mississippi Southern*L 0–6
October 26at
Louisiana College
Pineville, LAW 40–0
November 2Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 6–349,000[6]
November 8Troy State*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 64–0[7]
November 23at Northwestern State
W 14–0
November 29Union (TN)*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 26–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from
    Coaches' Poll
    released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1947. pp. 148–159. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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  5. ^ Bassett, Norman (October 13, 1946). "18,000 see rejuvenated Tide swamp SLI, 54–0". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
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