| Year: | 1946 |
| Team: | Idaho Vandals |
| Conference: | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | PCC |
| Record: | 1–8 |
| Conf Record: | 0–5 |
| Head Coach: | James A. Brown |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Neale Stadium |
The 1946 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1946 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach James A. Brown and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with none held in Boise this season.
Idaho was overall and lost all five of their PCC games.
The Vandals' losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State reached eighteen games, shut out in Pullman on October 5.[1] Idaho tied the Cougars four years later, but the winless streak continued
In the rivalry game with Montana in Missoula, Idaho was blanked to relinquish the Little Brown Stein;[2] it was the fourth of six straight shutouts in the series, with each side winning three.
Shortly after the final game on Thanksgiving, Brown resigned as head coach;[3] succeeded by Dixie Howell in
No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team.[4] [5] [6]