| Year: | 1946 |
| Team: | Eastern Kentucky Maroons |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | KIAC |
| Record: | 5–4 |
| Conf Record: | 3–1 |
| Head Coach: | Rome Rankin |
| Hc Year: | 10th |
| Champion: | KIAC champion |
The 1946 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College (now known as Eastern Kentucky University) as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their tenth and final season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a 5–4 record (3–1 against KIAC opponents), won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 112 to 88.[1]