1946 college football season explained

Year:	1946
Preseason Ap:	Texas^[1]
Number Of Bowls:	12
Champion:	Notre Dame (AP) Army (various) Delaware (small college)
Heisman:	Glenn Davis (halfback, Army)

The 1946 college football season was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season saw the return of many programs which had suspended play during World War II, and also the enrollment of many veterans returning from the war.

The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1946 were:

1. The 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team compiled an 8–0–1 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll. The Fighting Irish, led by consensus All-Americans Johnny Lujack at quarterback and George Connor at tackle, played a scoreless tie against No. 2 Army in a game billed as the "Game of the Century". Notre Dame also ranked first in the nation in total offense (441.3 yards per game), rushing offense (340.1 yards per game), and total defense (141.7 yards per game).
2. The 1946 Army Cadets football team compiled a 9–0–1 and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP poll. Army had won consecutive national championships in 1944 and 1945 and was led by 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis and 1945 Heisman winner Doc Blanchard.
3. The 1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship, was ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll, and defeated No. 9 North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs ranked second nationally in total offense (394.6 yards per game). They were led by Charley Trippi who tallied 1,366 yards of total offense and won the Maxwell Award as the best player in college football.
4. The 1946 UCLA Bruins football team compiled a 10–0 record in the regular season, won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship, was ranked No. 4 in the final AP poll, but lost to No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl.

The year's statistical leaders included Rudy Mobley of Hardin–Simmons with 1,262 rushing yards, Travis Tidwell of Auburn with 1,715 yards of total offense, Bobby Layne of Texas with 1,122 passing yards, and Joe Carter of Florida N&I with 152 points scored.

Delaware compiled a 10–0 record and was recognized by the AP as the small college national champion. Morgan State (8–0) and Tennessee A&I (10–1) have been recognized as the black college national champions.

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

• Three conferences began football play in 1946:
  • College Conference of Illinois – an active NCAA Division III conference; now known as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
  • Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference – a conference active through the 1948 season
  • Mason-Dixon Conference – an NCAA Division III conference active through the 1974 season

Membership changes

Season timeline

September

Significant games played in September 1946 included the following:

September 21

• Indiana was upset by Cincinnati, 15–6, at home in Bloomington. Indiana had won the Big Ten championship in 1945 with a No. 4 ranking in the final AP Poll.
• Houston played its first ever football game, losing by a 13–7 score against Southwestern Louisiana.

September 27–28

• Oklahoma A&M, AFCA national champion in 1945, was tied 21–21 by Arkansas
• Army defeated Oklahoma, 21–7, at West Point.
• Notre Dame won at Illinois, 26–6. Illinois went on to win the Big Nine championship.
• Georgia defeated Clemson, 35–12, in their annual rivalry game.
• Indiana lost again, 21–0 at Michigan.
• Tennessee defeated Georgia Tech, 13–9, in their annual rivalry game.
• UCLA beat Oregon State, 50–7. UCLA and Oregon State finished the season in first and second place in the Pacific Coast Conference.

October

October 5

• Army beat Cornell 46–21.
• Navy lost at Columbia and dropped the rest of its games, finishing 1–8–0.
• Oklahoma A&M lost 54–6 at Texas and would finish at 3–7–1.
• Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 33–0.
• Michigan beat Iowa 14–7.
• UCLA won at Washington, 39–13.

The first AP Poll of the 1946 season was issued on October 7 with Texas ranked No. 1, Army No. 2, Notre Dame No. 3, Michigan No. 4 and UCLA No. 5.

October 12

• In Dallas, No. 1 Texas beat Oklahoma 20–13.
• No. 2 Army and No. 4 Michigan met in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the visiting Cadets won 20–13.
• No. 3 Notre Dame beat Purdue 49–6.
• No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Stanford 26–6.

The next poll featured No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Michigan.

October 19

• No. 1 Army beat No. 11 Columbia 48–14.
• No. 2 Notre Dame was idle.
• No. 3 Texas beat No. 14 Arkansas 20–0.
• No. 4 UCLA won at California 13–6.
• No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Northwestern played to a 14–14 tie.
• No. 9 Tennessee beat No. 7 Alabama 12–0.

Army, Notre Dame, and Texas stayed as the top three, ahead of No. 4 Tennessee and No. 5 UCLA.

October 26

• At the Polo Grounds in New York, No. 1 Army beat No. 13 Duke 19–0. * No. 2 Notre Dame won at No. 17 Iowa, 49–6.
• In Houston, No. 3 Texas lost to No. 16 Rice, 18–13.
• No. 4 Tennessee lost to unranked Wake Forest, 19–6.
• No. 5 UCLA beat Santa Clara 33–7.
• No. 6 Penn beat Navy 32–19
• No. 7 Georgia won at Furman, 70–7.

The next poll was No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Penn, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Georgia.

November

November 2

• No. 1 Army beat West Virginia, 19–0.
• In Baltimore, No. 2 Notre Dame defeated Navy, 28–0.
• No. 3 Penn lost to Princeton, 17–14.
• No. 5 Georgia beat No. 15 Alabama, 14–0.
• No. 4 UCLA beat St. Mary's, 46–20, in a Friday night game.
• No. 8 Rice beat Texas Tech 41–6

In the poll that followed No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Rice.

November 9

• A crowd of 74,000 turned out at New York's Yankee Stadium to watch No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame in a meeting of the nation's two unbeaten and untied teams. Both teams missed scoring opportunities. In the opening quarter, Army recovered a fumble on the Irish 24, but was stopped on fourth down at the 13 yard line. The Irish drove to the Army three yard line in the second quarter but no further. Army reached the Irish 20 yard line in the third quarter, but Notre Dame's Terry Brennan picked off a pass from Glenn Davis. In the last quarter, a bad punt was returned by Davis to the Irish 39 yard line, but Notre Dame forced a fumble and stopped any further scoring chances. The game ended in a scoreless tie, 0–0.

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• In Jacksonville, No. 3 Georgia beat Florida 33–14.
• In Portland, No. 4 UCLA beat Oregon 14–0.
• No. 5 Rice lost in Little Rock to Arkansas, 7–0.

In the poll that followed, No. 9 Penn moved back up to No. 5 after beating Columbia in New York's "other" football game, 41–6. The top four remained the same.

November 16

• In its third meeting against a Top Five team, No. 1 Army beat No. 5 Penn in Philadelphia, 34–7.
• No. 2 Notre Dame beat Northwestern, 27–0.
• No. 3 Georgia beat Auburn 41–0 in a neutral site in Columbus, Georgia.
• No. 4 UCLA beat Montana 61–7.
• No. 9 Illinois beat No. 13 Ohio State 16–7 and replaced Penn at No. 5.

November 23

• No. 1 Army was idle.
• No. 2 Notre Dame beat Tulane in New Orleans, 41–0.
• No. 3 Georgia won at Chattanooga, 48–27.
• No. 4 UCLA defeated No. 10 USC 13–6.
• No. 5 Illinois won at Northwestern, 20–0, to close its season with an 8–1–0 record.
• No. 8 Michigan defeated Ohio State, 58–6, in Columbus.

The top five remained the same.

November 30

• No. 1 Army barely beat a 1–7–0 Navy team, 21–18
• No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 16 USC 26–6. Army still had a 9–0–1 record and had been ranked No. 1 in 22 of the last 23 AP Polls dating back to 1944, but the results of the final games convinced the voters to move the Irish up to first place in the postseason poll and the Cadets down to second.
• No. 3 Georgia defeated No. 7 Georgia Tech 35–7
• No. 4 UCLA beat Nebraska, 18–0, and accepted an invitation to face No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl.

With the exception of Notre Dame leapfrogging Army, the rankings of the other top-five teams remained the same.

December

On December 2, the final AP Poll was issued with Notre Dame at No. 1, Army at No. 2, Georgia at No. 3, UCLA at No. 4, Illinois at No. 5, Michigan at No. 6, Tennessee at No. 7, LSU at No. 8, North Carolina at No. 9, and Rice at No. 10.

Notable post-season games played in December included:

• December 7: Tennessee A&I defeated West Virginia State, 27–7, in the Derby Bowl
• December 7: Lincoln (PA) defeated Florida A&M, 20–14, in the Orange Blossom Classic
• December 7: Southern defeated Xavier of Louisiana, 35–0, in New Orleans
• December 7: Allen defeated Fayetteville State, 40–6, in the Piedmont Tobacco Bowl.
• December 14: Muhlenberg defeated St. Bonaventure, 26–25, in the Tobacco Bowl
• December 21: USC defeated Tulane, 20–13, in New Orleans
• December 23: Stanford defeated Hawaii, 18–7, in Honolulu.
• December 25: Southern defeated Tuskegee, 64–7, in the Yam Bowl
• December 28: Florida A&M and Wiley played to a 6–6 tie in the Angel Bowl.

New Year's Day bowl games

Major bowls

Wednesday, January 1, 1947

Bowl game	Winning team		Losing team
Rose Bowl	No. 5 Illinois	45		14
Sugar Bowl	No. 3 Georgia	20	No. 9 North Carolina	10
Orange Bowl	No. 10 Rice	8	No. 7 Tennessee	0
Cotton Bowl	No. 16 Arkansas	0	No. 8 LSU	0

No. 1 Notre Dame (8–0–1), No. 2 Army (9–0–1), and No. 6 Michigan (6–2–1) were idle in bowl season.

Other bowls

Wednesday, January 1, 1947

Bowl game	Winning team		Losing team
Sun Bowl	Cincinnati	18	VPI	6
Gator Bowl	No. 14 Oklahoma	34	No. 18 NC State	13
Tangerine Bowl	Catawba	31	Maryville	6
Oil Bowl	No. 11 Georgia Tech	41	Saint Mary's	19
Raisin Bowl	Utah State	0		20
Harbor Bowl	Montana State	13	New Mexico	13
Alamo Bowl ^	Hardin–Simmons	20	Denver	0
Cigar Bowl	No. 19 Delaware	20		3

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• January 1: Tennessee A&I defeated Louisville Municipal, 32–0, in the Vulcan Bowl
• January 1: Lincoln (MO) defeated Prairie View A&M, 14–0, in the Prairie View Bowl.
• January 1: Arkansas AM&N defeated Lane, 7–0, in the Cattle Bowl.
• January 1: Pepperdine defeated Nebraska Wesleyan, 38–13, in the Will Rogers Bowl.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including at least one state flagship public university or a team ranked in the final AP poll and the Ivy League.

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
California Collegiate Athletic Association	San Jose State	4–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Morgan State College	7–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Southwestern (KS)	4–1
College Conference of Illinois	North Central (IL)	7–1
Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference	Westmar Yankton	4–1
Far Western Conference	Humboldt State College	1–0–1
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference	Butler	6–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Central (IA) Upper Iowa	6–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Bethany	5–1
Lone Star Conference	North Texas State Teachers	4–1
Mason–Dixon Conference	Delaware	3–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Kalamazoo Hillsdale	4–1
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference	Lawrence	6–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Gustavus Adolphus	6–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Southeast Missouri State Teachers	5–0
Nebraska College Conference	Doane	5–0–1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference	Adams State College	4–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa)	2–0–1
North Dakota College Athletic Conference	Minot State Teachers	3–0–1
Ohio Athletic Conference	Otterbein	4–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference	Southeastern State College (OK)	4–1
Pacific Northwest Conference	Willamette	6–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	California State Teachers	4–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Montana State College	2–0–1
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference	Black Hills Teachers	4–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Redlands	2–0–2
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Florida A&M College	6–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Southern	5–0
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota	Duluth State Teachers Mankato State Teachers	2–0–2 3–0–1
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Abilene Christian College Southwestern (TX)	3–0–1
Washington Intercollegiate Conference	Central Washington	5–0
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference	North: Superior State Teachers Co-South: Milwaukee State Teachers Co-South: Stevens Point State Teachers	1–0–3 3–1–0 3–1

Non-major independents

Rankings

See main article: article and 1946 NCAA football rankings.

Award and honors

Heisman Trophy voting

The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

Player	School	Position	Total
Glenn Davis	Army	HB	792
		HB	435
		QB	379
	Army	FB	267
	Army	QB	257
		HB	101
		E	49
		QB	45

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All-America Team

See main article: 1946 College Football All-America Team.

Statistical leaders

Team leaders

Total offense

Rank	Team	Games played	Total plays	Yards gained	Yards per game
1		9	690	3972	441.3
2		10	622	3946	394.6
3		8	484	3114	389.3
4		10	646	3779	377.9
5		9	588	3122	366.9
6		10	642	3594	359.4
7		9	598	3159	351.0
8		9	598	3095	343.9
9		8	531	2747	343.4
10		8	503	2720	340.0
11		10	601	3383	338.3
12		10	608	3355	335.5
13		10	592	3299	329.9
14		10	674	3289	328.9
15		10	614	3281	328.1

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Total defense

Rank	Team	Games played	Total plays	Yards gained	Yards per game
1		9	465	1275	141.7
2		10	539	1550	155.0
3		8	454	1271	158.9
4		10	501	1621	162.1
5		10	547	1663	166.3
6		9	432	1498	166.4
7		10	537	1673	167.3
8		10	502	1695	169.5
9		9	501	1536	1707
10		10	562	1760	176.0
11		9	469	1591	176.8
12		10	520	1786	178.6
13		9	467	1609	178.8
14		9	459	1619	179.9
15		10	521	1816	181.6

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Rushing offense

Rank	Team	Games	Rushes	Yards gained	Yards per game
1		9	567	3061	340.1
2		10	540	2906	290.6
3		8	418	2108	263.5
4		10	510	2632	263.2
5		10	508	2598	259.8
6		10	499	2354	235.4
7		10	452	2341	234.1
8		9	452	2100	233.3
9		8	378	1865	233.1
10		10	454	2242	224.2
11		10	416	2209	220.9
12		9	396	1958	217.6
13		10	487	2163	216.3
14		10	455	2118	211.8
15		9	428	1904	211.6

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Rushing defense

Rank	Team	Games	Rushes	Yards gained	Yards per game
1	Oklahoma	10	359	580	58.0
2	Mississippi State	10	334	664	66.4
3	Harvard	9	330	679	75.4
4		8	292	637	79.6
5	Notre Dame	9	321	753	83.7

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Passing offense

Rank	Team	Games	Att.	Compl.	Int.	Pct. Compl.	Yards	Yds/Game	TD passes
1		8	156	68	14	.436	1569	198.1	20
2		10	206	112	9	.544	1737	173.7	23
3		10	186	99	19	.532	1569	156.9	12
4		11	252	107	25	.425	1652	150.2	13
5		9	162	73	22	.451	1322	146.9	10
6		9	175	82	14	.469	1266	140.7	14
7		9	185	95	15	.514	1264	140.4	8
8		9	189	90	19	.476	1243	138.1	13
9		8	167	68	14	.407	1096	137.0	4
10		8	165	87	20	.527	1085	135.6	12
11		10	210	91	20	.433	1321	132.1	11
12		9	183	86	17	.470	1182	131.3	7
13		9	152	68	18	.447	1181	131.2	8
14		9	149	71	14	.477	1151	127.9	8
15		10	146	77	15	.527	1265	126.5	19

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Passing defense

Rank	Team	Games	Att.	Compl.	Pct. Compl.	Yards	Yds/Game
1		9	107	35	.327	483	53.7
2		10	124	43	.347	570	57.0
3	Notre Dame	9	144	54	.375	522	58.0
4	Indiana	9	127	39	.307	538	59.8
5		9	84	39	.464	557	61.9

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Individual leaders

Total offense

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Plays	Rush Yds	Pass Yds	Total Yds	Avg Gain per Play
1		Auburn	10	339	772	943	1715	5.06
2		Texas	10	221	338	1122	1460	6.61
3		Alabama	11	293	497	930	1427	4.98
4		Georgia	10	185	744	622	1366	7.38
5		Michigan	9	180	531	734	1265	7.02
6		Hardin-Simmons	10	227	1262	0	1262	5.56
7		St. Mary's	8	204	625	595	1220	5.98
8		North Carolina	10	181	943	270	1213	6.70
9		Nevada	8	142	- 70	1254	1184	8.34
10		Chattanooga	9	168	1113	9	1122	6.68
11		Army					1108	6.52
12		Arizona					1069	5.66
13	George Guerre	Michigan State					1029	6.86
14		Wake Forest					1013	5.89
15	Clark	Texas Mines					967	4.48
16		Tulsa					950	5.16
17		Oklahoma					923	7.05
18		Indiana					908	4.59
19	Case	UCLA					907	7.26
20	Jackson	Yale					888	6.00

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Rushing

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Rushes	Yds Gained	Yds Lost	Net Yds	Avg Gain per Play
1		Hardin-Simmons	10	227	1306	44	1262	5.56
2		Chattanooga	10	167	1147	34	1113	6.66
3		North Carolina	10	131	1024	81	943	7.20
4		Oklahoma	10	126	960	58	902	7.16
5		Yale	9	134	851	45	806	6.01
6	Roger Stephens	Cincinnati	10	101	796	22	774	7.66
7		Auburn	10	181	926	154	772	4.27
8		Georgia	10	115	846	102	744	6.47
9	Hodges	Wichita	10	152	775	42	733	4.82
10		Army	10	123	824	112	712	5.79
11	Carl F. "Buddy" Russ	Rice	10	130	710	20	690	5.31
12	Lloyd Merriman	Stanford	9	140	728	56	672	4.80
13	George Guerre	Michigan State	10	90	699	66	633	7.03
14		Saint Mary's	8	104	704	79	625	6.01
15		Villanova	10	90	669	49	620	6.89
16		Army	10	120	633	20	613	5.11
17	Walter Kretz	Cornell	9	89	613	11	602	6.76
18	Carpenter	Ohio State	9	141	612	23	589	4.18
19		San Francisco	9	89	615	36	579	6.51
20		Utah	9	132	609	32	577	4.37

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Passing

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Att.	Compl.	Int.	Pct. Compl.	Yds.	TDs
1		Auburn	10	158	79	10	.500	943	5
2		Texas	10	144	77	14	.550	1122	6
3		Indiana	9	138	74	8	.536	956	7
4		Alabama	11	160	69	10	.431	930	5
5		VMI	10	126	66	4	.524	833	10
6		Ole Miss	9	124	64	13	.516	641	3
7	Clark	Texas Mines	8	107	61	8	.570	604	6
8		Tulsa	10	125	61	7	.488	807	7
9		Purdue	8	122	59	9	.484	814	6
10	Working	Washington & Lee	7	108	56	14	.519	741	8
11		Nevada	8	115	56	7	.487	1254	17
12		Wake Forest	9	109	51	12	.468	822	6
13	Olsen	BYU	8	100	50	10	.500	719	2
14	Frank Payne	SMU	10	107	50	11	.467	580	4
15		Notre Dame	9	100	49	8	.490	778	6
16	Furse	Yale	9	100	49	6	.490	735	8
17		Georgia	10	87	48	4	.552	779	14
18	John Burns	Cornell	9	105	48	8	.457	624	3
19		Maryland	9	92	45	6	.489	410	3
20		LSU	10	95	45	8	.474	781	11

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Receiving

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Receptions	Receiving Yards
1		Oklahoma A&M	10	32	479
1	Montgomery	Arizona (Tempe)	11	32	399
3		Florida	8	29	490
3		Wake Forest	9	29	441
5		Ole Miss	9	28	277

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Scoring

The following list of scoring leaders is taken from the NCAA's Official Football Guide for 1947 and includes both major and minor college players. Gene "Choo-Choo" Roberts ranked third overall and first among major college players.

Rank	Player	Team	TD	PAT	FG	Pts
1	Joe Carter		21	26	0	152
2	Andy Victor		14	40	0	124
3			18	9	0	117
4			16	0	0	96
5	Jack Crider		15	0	0	90
6			13	9	0	87
7 (tie)		Georgia	14	0	0	84
7 (tie)	Baker		14	0	0	84
7 (tie)	Dan Roskos		14	0	0	84
7 (tie)	Phillipi		14	0	0	84
11 (tie)	Art Hering		12	8	0	80
11 (tie)	Dixon		13	3	0	80
11 (tie)	Johnny Hickman	San Angelo	12	8	0	80
14			13	0	0	78
15 (tie)	Larry Bruno	Geneva	12	2	0	74
15 (tie)	Spoon	Southwestern Kansas	12	2	0	74
17 (tie)			12	0	0	72
17 (tie)	Young	Hillsdale	12	0	0	72
17 (tie)	Brady		12	0	0	72
17 (tie)	Ward	Hillsdale	12	0	0	72
17 (tie)	Washington		12	0	0	72
22			5	34	1	67
23 (tie)			11	0	0	66
23 (tie)	Pudge Camarata		11	0	0	66
23 (tie)	Lingenfelder	Missouri Valley	11	0	0	66
23 (tie)	Preston	Missouri Valley	6	30	0	66
23 (tie)	Hughes	Ottawa	11	0	0	66
23 (tie)	Carl Giordana	Lawrence	11	0	0	66
23 (tie)	Anthony Georgiana	Catawba	11	0	0	66

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Rules Committee

• Earl Krieger, secretary
• W. J. Bingham (Harvard), chairman
• Amos Alonzo Stagg (Pacific), life member
• William Alexander (Georgia Tech), member-at-large
• Tuss McLaughry (Dartmouth), 1st District
• Biff Jones (Army), 2nd District
• Wallace Wade (Duke), 3rd District
• Fritz Crisler (Michigan), 4th District
• Ernest C. Quigley (Kansas), 5th District
• Dana X. Bible (Texas), 6th District
• Harry W. Hughes (Colorado A&M), 7th District
• Willis O. Hunter (USC), 8th District

Notes and References

1. Web site: October 7, 1946 AP Football Poll . November 7, 2021 . CollegePollArchive.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080451/http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=83 . March 27, 2017 . live .
2. "Fighting Irish Battle Army to 0-0 Stalemate", The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Nov. 10, 1946, p13
3. News: Ice postpones Alamo Bowl game . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . January 2, 1947 . 13.
4. News: Cowboys blank Denver, 20-0 . Pittsburgh Press . United Press . January 5, 1947 . 23.
5. News: Davis wins Heisman cup . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. December 4, 1946 . 22.
6. News: Glenn Davis honored . St. Petersburg Times . (Florida) . International News Service . December 4, 1946 . 10.
7. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 73.
8. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 74.
9. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 75.
10. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 79.
11. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 80.
12. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 82.
13. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 83.
14. Book: The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. W.J. Bingham. 1947. 89.