| Team: | Miami Seahawks |
| Year: | 1946 |
| Record: | 3-11 |
| Division Place: | 4th AAFC Eastern |
| Coach: | Jack Meagher |
| Stadium: | Burdine Stadium |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Previous: | none |
| No Prevseason: | true |
| Next: | 1947 (Balt. Colts) |
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The 1946 Miami Seahawks season was the inaugural one for the franchise, the only one for them as the Miami Seahawks and the first for the All-America Football Conference. Head coach Jack Meagher led the team to a 3 - 11 finish, fourth out of four teams in the Eastern Division.
The team's statistical leaders included Marion Pugh with 608 passing yards, Jimmy Nelson with 163 rushing yards, Lamar Davis with 275 receiving yards, and Dick Erdlitz with 34 points scored (22 extra points, two field goals, and one touchdown).[1]
Rookie guard Buddy Jungmichel was selected by both the United Press and the AAFC as a second-team guard on the 1946 All-AAFC football team.[2] [3]
See main article: 1946 AAFC season.
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at Cleveland Browns | L 0–44 | 0–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | Recap | |||
| 2 | September 15 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 14–21 | 0–2 | Kezar Stadium | Recap | ||
| 3 | at Los Angeles Dons | L 14–30 | 0–3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Recap | |||
| 4 | Bye | |||||||
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers | L 7–34 | 0–4 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| 6 | at Buffalo Bisons | W 17–14 | 1–4 | Civic Stadium | Recap | |||
| 7 | at Chicago Rockets | L 7–28 | 1–5 | Soldier Field | Recap | |||
| 8 | at Brooklyn Dodgers | L 7–30 | 1–6 | Ebbets Field | Recap | |||
| 9 | November 3 | at New York Yankees | L 21–24 | 1–7 | Yankee Stadium | Recap | ||
| 10 | Chicago Rockets | L 7–20 | 1–8 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| 11 | Buffalo Bisons | W 21–14 | 2–8 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| 12 | Los Angeles Dons | L 21–34 | 2–9 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| 13 | Cleveland Browns | L 0–34 | 2–10 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| 14 | New York Yankees | L 0–31 | 2–11 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| 15 | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 31–20 | 3–11 | Miami Orange Bowl | Recap | |||
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | ||||||||
Players shown in bold started at least one game at the position listed as confirmed by contemporary game coverage.