1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football

AP small college national champion Mason–Dixon champion
Cigar Bowl, W 21–7 vs. Rollins
Conference	Mason–Dixon Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
1946 record	10–0 (3–0 Mason–Dixon)
Head coach	William D. Murray (4th year)
Home stadium	Wilmington Park (7,000) Frazer Field

1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#19 Delaware $	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	0	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	1	–	0	4	–	1	–	0
Hampden–Sydney	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Randolph–Macon	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Washington College	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	0
Mount St. Mary's	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1946 college football season, their first after a three-year hiatus due to World War II. The team was named AP small college national champion and won the Cigar Bowl against Rollins. They were led by fourth-year head coach William D. Murray and played the majority of their home games at Wilmington Park. The October 26 game against Drexel was the final game played at Frazer Field, and the last game played in Newark until the opening of Delaware Stadium in 1952. They were ranked in the AP Poll for the final three weeks of the season, the only time that they received that honor. The only other time Delaware would receive votes in the AP Poll would be in 2010.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 28	Pennsylvania Military College*		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 25–0
October 5	Randolph–Macon		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 53–0
October 11	Western Maryland		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 44–6
October 19	at Gettysburg*		Gettysburg, PA	W 27–6
October 26	at Drexel*		Frazer Field • Newark, DE	W 52–0
November 2	at Franklin & Marshall*		Lancaster, PA	W 28–0
November 9	at Bucknell*		Memorial Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	W 27–14
November 16	Washington College		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 61–0
November 23	Muhlenberg*	No. 16	Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 62–0
January 1, 1947	vs. Rollins*	No. 19	Phillips Field • Tampa, FL (Cigar Bowl)	W 20–3
^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

↑ "1946 Schedule". Retrieved 2 December 2015.

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football

Venues	Frazer Field (1913–1940) Wilmington Park (1940–1952) Delaware Stadium (1952–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Battle of the Blue (Villanova) James Madison Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware State) West Chester William & Mary

Culture & lore	YoUDee "The Delaware Fight Song" University of Delaware Marching Band Winged football helmet

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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