| Year: | 1946 |
| Team: | Tennessee A&I Tigers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | MAA |
| Record: | 10–1 |
| Conf Record: | 3–0 |
| Head Coach: | Henry Kean |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Sulphur Dell, Tennessee State Stadium |
| Champion: | Black college national co-champion MAA champion |
| Bowl: | Vulcan Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 32–0 vs. Louisville Municipal |
The 1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 10–1 record, won the MAA championship, shut out six of eleven opponents, defeated West Virginia State in the Derby Bowl and Louisville Municipal in the Vulcan Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 247 to 61.[1] The team played its home games at Tennessee State Stadium and Sulphur Dell in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 1 black college football team for 1946 with a score of 27.27, ahead of No. 2 Morgan State with a score of 26.0, No. 3 Tuskegee with a score of 25.0, and No. 4 Wilberforce with a score of 23.57.[2] The Pittsburgh Courier recognized Tennessee A&I and Morgan State as the 1946 black college national co-champions.
Key players included fullback Ralph Pulley.