1946 Fisk Bulldogs football team

1946 Fisk Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record3–4–1 (0–3 SIAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
No. 5 Lane 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Clark (GA) 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 – 4 – 3 1 – 4 – 3
Knoxville   –     –  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Fisk Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Fisk University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Julian Bell, the Bulldogs compiled a 3–4–1 record (0–3 against SIAC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 61 to 55.[1]

In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Fisk at No. 15.[2]

The team played its home games at the Sulphur Dell in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6Miles*
W 12–0[3]
October 12at KnoxvilleKnoxville, TNL 0–6
October 19at TuskegeeTuskegee, ALL 6–135,000[4][5]
October 26LeMoyne*
  • Sulphur Dell
  • Nashville, TN
T 6–6
November 2Philander Smith*
  • Sulphur Dell
  • Nashville, TN
W 19–6[6]
November 9Dillard*dagger
  • Sulphur Dell
  • Nashville, TN
W 13–0[7]
November 23Louisville Municipal*
L 0–6[8]
November 30at Florida A&M
  • Centennial Field
  • Tallahassee, Fl
L 0–183,000-4,000[9][10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1946 - Fisk (TN)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Fisk Defeats Miles 12 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. October 8, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tuskegee Tops Fisk". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 26, 1946. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tuskegee Golden Tiger Top Fisk Bulldogs, 13-0". Alabama Tribune. October 25, 1946. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fisk Gallops To 18-6 Win". The Nashville Tennessean. November 3, 1946. p. 11C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fisk Wins 13-0 Over Dillard '11' At Homecoming". The Nashville Tennessean. November 10, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Municipal Wins 6-0". The Courier Journal. November 24, 1946. p. IV-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Calvin E. Adams (December 7, 1946). "Florida Tops Fisk". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Charles U Smith (December 1, 1946). "A&M Rattlers Trounce Fisk Easily, 18-0". Tallahassee News-Democrat. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.