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]
| 1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (2–2 LIC) |
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| Home stadium | McNaspy Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at Houston* | W 13–7 | 11,000 | [3] | |
| September 28 | Stephen F. Austin* | W 13–2 | |||
| October 4 | at Southeastern Louisiana | L 13–27 | [4] | ||
| October 12 | at No. 6 Alabama* | L 0–54 | 18,000 | [5] | |
| October 18 | at Mississippi Southern* | L 0–6 | |||
| October 26 | at Louisiana College | Pineville, LA | W 40–0 | ||
| November 2 | Louisiana Tech |
| L 6–34 | 9,000 | [6] |
| November 8 | Troy State* |
| W 64–0 | [7] | |
| November 23 | at Northwestern State |
| W 14–0 | ||
| November 29 | Union (TN)* |
| W 26–0 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1947. pp. 148–159. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "SLI spoils debut of Houston, 13–7". The Galveston Daily News. September 22, 1946. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SLI Beats Southwestern". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1946. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bassett, Norman (October 13, 1946). "18,000 see rejuvenated Tide swamp SLI, 54–0". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
- ^ "9,000 see SLI Bulldogs lose to La. Tech". The Daily Advertiser. November 4, 1946. Retrieved June 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southwestern trounces Ala. State Teachers 64–0". The Daily Advertiser. November 9, 1946. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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