1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
| 1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football | |
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| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 5–4 (0–3 MAA) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Wilberforce | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Lincoln (MO) | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Kentucky State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. Led by Robert White in his first and only season as head coach, the Thorobreds compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 77.[1]
In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Kentucky State at No. 19.[2]
The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | North Carolina A&T |
| W 7–0 | ||
| October 5 | at Winston-Salem State | Winston-Salem, NC | W 27–6 | ||
| October 12 | Lockbourne AFB | W 37–6 | |||
| October 19 | Lincoln (MO) |
| L 0–7 | ||
| October 26 | vs. Texas College | Louisville, KY | L 7–26 | ||
| November 2 | at Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL | W 14–6 | ||
| November 9 | Wilberforce |
| L 6–7 | [3] | |
| November 16 | at Morris Brown | Atlanta, GA | W 13–0 | ||
| November 23 | Tennessee A&I |
| L 0–19 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Kentucky State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wilberforce Triumphs Over Kentucky State". The Lexington Herald. November 10, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.