1946 Catawba Indians football team
The 1946 Catawba Indians football team was an American football team that represented Catawba College as a member of the North State Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach Gordon Kirkland, the team compiled an 10–2 record, defeated Maryville in the 1947 Tangerine Bowl, shut out 6 of 12 opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 286 to 67.[1]
| 1946 Catawba Indians football | |
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North State champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, W 31–6 vs. Maryville | |
| Conference | North State Conference |
| 1946 record | 10–2 (5–0 North State) |
| Head coach | Gordon Kirkland (13th season) |
| 1946 North State Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catawba $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lenoir–Rhyne | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guilford | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Christian | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 14? | Cherry Point Marines* | W 27–7 | ||
| September 21 | at VMI* |
| L 7–21 | |
| September 28 | Eastern Kentucky* | Salisbury, NC | W 9–7 | |
| October 5 | at High Point | High Point, NC | W 19–7 | |
| October 12 | at Wofford* | Spartanburg, SC | W 46–0 | |
| October 19 | Appalachian State | Salisbury, NC | W 28–6 | |
| October 26 | at Elon | Winston-Salem, NC | W 40–0 | |
| November 2 | Presbyterian* | Salisbury, NC | L 12–13 | |
| November 8 | at Newberry* | Newberry, SC | W 6–0 | |
| November 16 | Guilford | Salisbury, NC | W 28–0 | |
| November 28 | Lenoir–Rhyne | Salisbury, NC | W 27–0 | |
| January 1, 1947 | vs. Maryville* | W 31–6 | 9,000 | |
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References
- "Catawba (NC) Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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