1946 Muhlenberg Mules football team

The 1946 Muhlenberg Mules football team was an American football team that represented Muhlenberg College during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Muhlenberg compiled a 9–1 record, defeated St. Bonaventure in the Tobacco Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 307 to 99. The team's only loss was to Delaware by a 20–12 score.[1] The team played its home games at Muhlenberg Field in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

1946 Muhlenberg Mules football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record9–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMulenberg Field
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Army      9 0 1
Muhlenberg      9 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Buffalo      7 2 0
Harvard      7 2 0
Massachusetts State      6 2 0
No. 13 Penn      6 2 0
Penn State      6 2 0
Boston College      6 3 0
Columbia      6 3 0
NYU      5 3 0
Cornell      5 3 1
Villanova      6 4 0
Boston College      7 3 0
Hofstra      4 3 0
Colgate      4 4 0
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 4 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 4 0
Brown      3 5 1
Pittsburgh      3 5 1
Princeton      3 5 0
Temple      2 4 2
Bucknell      3 6 0
Dartmouth      3 6 0
Tufts      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 6 0
Fordham      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at LafayetteW 32–20
October 5Albright
W 39–0
October 12at BucknellW 6–0
October 19Swarthmore
W 52–13
October 26Franklin & Marshall
  • Muhlenberg Field
  • Allentown, PA
W 40–7
November 2at LehighW 40–7
November 9at GettysburgGettysburg, PAW 13–7
November 16Moravian
  • Muhlenberg Field
  • Allentown, PA
W 47–0
November 23at DelawareWilmington, DEL 12–20
December 14vs. St. BonaventureW 26–253,000[2]

References

  1. "1946 - Muhlenberg (PA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  2. "Muhlenberg Tips Bonnies 26-25: Mules Score First In Winning Inaugural Tobacco Bowl Tilt". The Courier-Journal. December 15, 1946. p. IV-1 via Newspapers.com.
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