1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	5–3–1 (– SIAC)
Head coach	Oliver C. Dawson (1st season)
Home stadium	State College Stadium

1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Florida A&M $	6	–	0	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
No. 5 Lane	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Tuskegee	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Xavier (LA)	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Clark (GA)	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
No. 14 South Carolina State	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
No. 15 Fisk	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
No. 16 Morris Brown	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
No. 17 Benedict	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
No. 20 Alabama State	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
No. 22 Morehouse	1	–	4	–	3			1	–	4	–	3
Knoxville			–							–
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Oliver C. Dawson, the Bulldogs compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 146 to 82.

In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated South Carolina State at No. 14.

The team played its home games in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Knoxville	Orangeburg, SC	T 7–7
October 12	at Lane	Jackson, TN	L 3–13
October 19	at Fort Valley State*	Fort Valley, GA	W 41–0
October 26	Alabama A&M*	Orangeburg, SC	W 26–0
November 2	Morris Brown	Orangeburg, SC	W 7–0
November 9	Morehouse	Orangeburg, SC	L 13–26
November 16	at Tuskegee	Tuskegee, AL	L 14–30
November 28	Benedict	Orangeburg, SC	W 22–0
December 7	Johnson C. Smith*	Orangeburg, SC	W 13–6
*Non-conference game