1946 Dartmouth Indians football team

American college football season

The 1946 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Indians compiled a 3–6 record, and were outscored 194 to 91 by opponents. Thomas Douglas was the team captain.

Dartmouth was ranked at No. 81 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 3–0	24,000
October 5	Syracuse*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 20–14	10,000
October 12	at No. 7 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–39	69,000
October 19	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–20	20,000
October 26	Columbia	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 13–33	13,000
November 2	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 2–33	66,000
November 9	Harvard	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 7–21	16,000
November 16	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–21	20,000
November 23	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–13	34,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Main article: 1947 NFL draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Dartmouth Indian was selected.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
27	249	Art Young	Guard	Pittsburgh Steelers

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"1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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