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1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record6–4 (2–2 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons← 19451947 →
1946 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southeastern Louisiana $ 4 0 0 9 0 0
Louisiana Tech 3 1 0 7 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 2 0 6 4 0
Northwestern State 1 3 0 4 6 0
Louisiana College 0 4 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 6–4 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Houston*W 13–711,000
September 28Stephen F. Austin*W 13–2
October 4at Southeastern LouisianaL 13–27
October 12at No. 6 Alabama*L 0–5418,000
October 18at Mississippi Southern*L 0–6
October 26at Louisiana CollegePineville, LAW 40–0
November 2Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 6–349,000
November 8Troy State*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 64–0
November 23at Northwestern StateW 14–0
November 29Union (TN)*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 26–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1947. pp. 148–159. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. "SLI spoils debut of Houston, 13–7". The Galveston Daily News. September 22, 1946. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "SLI Beats Southwestern". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1946. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bassett, Norman (October 13, 1946). "18,000 see rejuvenated Tide swamp SLI, 54–0". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  6. "9,000 see SLI Bulldogs lose to La. Tech". The Daily Advertiser. November 4, 1946. Retrieved June 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Southwestern trounces Ala. State Teachers 64–0". The Daily Advertiser. November 9, 1946. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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