1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Oil Bowl champion
Oil Bowl, W 41–19 vs. Saint Mary's
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 11
Record9–2 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Davis
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1946 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bobby Dodd, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 9–2 record (4–2 against SEC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 284 to 127. They were ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll and defeated the Saint Mary's Gaels in the 1947 Oil Bowl.[1]

Five Georgia Tech players received honors from the Associated Press or United Press on the 1946 All-SEC football team: center Paul Duke (AP-1, UP-1); quarterback Frank Broyles (AP-1, UP-2); tackle Bob Davis (AP-1, UP-2); guard Bill Healy (UP-1); and fullback George Matthews (UP-3).[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Tennessee
L 9–1336,000[4]
October 5VMI*
W 32–625,000[5]
October 12Ole Miss
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 24–725,000[6]
October 19at No. 12 LSU
W 26–730,000[7]
October 26AuburnNo. 15
W 27–630,000[8]
November 2at No. 19 Duke*No. 16
W 14–038,000[9]
November 9Navy*No. 8
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 28–2032,000[10]
November 16TulaneNo. 7
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 35–732,000[11]
November 23Furman*No. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 41–717,000[12]
November 30at No. 3 GeorgiaNo. 7
L 7–3555,000[13]
January 1vs. Saint Mary's (CA)*No. 11
W 41–1922,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1946 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP——15168767 (1)11

After the season

Main article: 1947 NFL draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Yellow Jackets were selected.[15]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
6 44 Bob Davis Tackle New York Giants
12 100 George Hills Guard Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ "1946 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Eight Teams Place Men On AP All-Southeastern Conference Eleven". Freeport Journal-Standard. November 30, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ William Tucker (November 21, 1946). "Travis Tidwell, Auburn Back, On 2nd Team". The Anniston Star. p. 16. Retrieved May 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Tennessee noses out Georgia Tech". The Huntsville Times. September 29, 1946. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech crushes V.M.I. by 32–6 margin". The Tampa Tribune. October 6, 1946. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tech Aerials Defeat Mississippi, 24 to 7: Jackets Score Three Times On Passes During First Half -- Conerly Stars". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. Associated Press. October 13, 1946. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Eddie Pagnac (October 20, 1946). "Georgia Tech Defeats Louisiana State, 26 to 7: Heavy Running Attack Carries Tornado to Win". The Shreveport Times. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Zipp Newman (October 27, 1946). "Outgained, Tech's Jackets Capitalize On Breaks To Turn Back Auburn, 27-6: Tidwell Is Star As 30,000 Watch Tigers Carry Fight to Foe In Atlanta Contest". The Birmingham News. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Jack Horner (November 3, 1946). "Georgia Tech Hands Duke Fourth Defeat By 14-0: Broyles Paces Jacket Attack; Crowd of 38,000 Sees Quick Scores". Durham Morning Herald. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Johnny Bradberry (November 10, 1946). "Navy Bows as Tech's Matthews Hauls Fumble 95 Yards: Engineers Rally To Win 7th". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "'Tired' Tech kicks over Tulane, 35–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 17, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tech, under wraps, rocks Furman, 41–7". The Atlanta Constitution. November 24, 1946. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Chick Hosch (December 1, 1946). "Bulldogs Smash Tech With Trippi Rambling". The Nashville Tennessean. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Bob Brachman (January 2, 1947). "Wedy in Bad Day". San Francisco Examiner. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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