1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1946 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1946 college football season. The Orangemen were led by head coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn, in his first and only year with the team. Munn left to take the head coaching position at Michigan State, where he would later win several national titles. The Orangemen compiled a record of 4–5 under Munn.[3]

1946 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record4–5
Head coach
CaptainRichard Whitesell[1][2]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 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

During the season Miami Hurricanes cancelled a scheduled game against the Penn State team as Miami officials felt that Penn State fielding their two African American in Miami could have led to "unfortunate incidents".[4] Miami reportedly invited Syracuse to replace Penn State. This invitation was promptly declined and rebuked in an editorial in The Daily Orange, titled "No Thanks, Miami".[5]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Boston University
W 41–632,000
October 5at Dartmouth
L 14–2010,000
October 12Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–910,000
October 19at Holy Cross
W 21–1220,000
October 26at West Virginia
L 0–1318,000
November 2Temple
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 28–712,000
November 9at Cornell
W 14–730,000
November 16Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 7–2535,000
November 23at Columbia
L 21–5925,000

Sources:[6][1]

References
  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. Jones, Johnny (12 December 1971). "When the Hudson Valley Roared in Orange". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. p. 4B. Retrieved 25 December 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
  3. "Students Beg Munn to Stay". The Des Moines Register. AP. 13 December 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. "Penn State-Miami U. Grid Game Is Latest Victim of 'Racial Problem'". The Gazette and Daily. York, Pennsylvania. AP. November 6, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. "Syracuse Turns Down Miami Offer to Sub for Penn State". The Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. 13 November 1946. p. 17. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. "1946 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2018.


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