1946 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1946 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1946 college football season. In their 13th and final season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 5–5 record. The 1946 Spartans lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 55 to 7 score. In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Penn State (19-16), Maryland (26-14), and Washington State (26-20), but lost to Boston College (34-20), Mississippi State (6-0), and Kentucky (39-14). In mid-December 1946, Michigan State hired Biggie Munn to replace Bachman as head coach.


1946 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On November 9, 1946, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a score of 55 to 7. With attendance at 77,134, the game drew the largest crowd to that date in the history of the Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan scored twice in each quarter. Michigan State's touchdown came on a pass from Horace Smith to Frank Waters covering 77 yards in the third quarter. Michigan gained 500 yards in the game, 293 on the ground and 207 in the air. Michigan was held to 212 yards of which only 47 yards were gained by rushing.


1946 Michigan State Spartans football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Spartans were selected.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1946 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1946 Big Nine Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach was Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a 6–2–1 record (5–1–1 Big Nine), outscored opponents 233 to 73, and finished the season in second place in the Big Nine Conference and ranked No. 6 in the final 1946 AP poll.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team
The team's two losses came against an undefeated Army team that was ranked No. 2 in the final AP poll and against an Illinois team that won the Big Nine championship and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP poll. Michigan won its last four games by a combined score of 162 to 19, starting a 25-game winning streak that continued for nearly three years until October 8, 1949. In the final game of the 1946 season, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 58–6, the Buckeyes' worst defeat since joining the conference in 1913.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team
Halfback Bob Chappuis passed for 735 yards, the most since Benny Friedman set the school record with 760 passing yards in 1925. Chappuis also rushed for 548 yards, received second-team All-American and first-team All-Big Nine honors, and was selected as Michigan's Most Valuable Player for the 1946 season.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team
The only Michigan player to receive first-team All-American honors in 1946 was end Elmer Madar. Center Jim Brieske was the team's leading scorer with 32 points having kicked 29 points after touchdown and one field goal. Bob Mann led the team in touchdowns with five. End Art Renner was the team captain.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In early January 1946, Biggie Munn, who had been Michigan's line coach since 1938, was hired as the head football coach at Syracuse. Jack Blott took over Munn's role as line coach. Earl Martineau, who had been Michigan's backfield coach since 1938, also left the program in early 1946 with Bennie Oosterbaan taking over responsibility for coaching the backfield.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In April and May 1946, Michigan conducted a six-week spring football practice. It was Michigan's "first peacetime practice session since 1941." More than 140 players, the largest group ever to report for a Michigan football practice to that time, showed up for spring practice.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
Although World War II ended in August 1945, three of the starters from the 1945 squad were inducted into the military in early 1946. They were: Wally Teninga, who started seven games at left halfback and was the team's leading scorer in 1945; Donovan Hershberger, who started eight games at end in 1945; and Gene Hinton, who started all 10 games at right tackle in 1945. Bob Ballau, a tackle from New York, was awarded the Chicago Alumni Club trophy as the team'smost improved player during spring practice.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
However, as some left for military service, others returned to Michigan after completing their military service. The returnees included:


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1946 pre-season was also marked by the loss of Fielding H. Yost, head football coach at Michigan from 1901 to 1926 and athletic director from 1921 to 1940. Yost sustained a stroke on May 14, 1946, and died at his home in Ann Arbor on August 20, 1946. He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery near the campus, with pallbearers including Bennie Oosterbaan, Robert J. Brown, and Paul G. Goebel.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
After one week of fall practice in late August 1946, coach Crisler opined "we're not quite as good as we're cracked up to be." A week later, Crisler hedged on his team's prospects, stating that the 1946 squad might be he greatest, but then adding that, on the other hand, "we may lose all of our games."


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On September 6, 1946, Joe Ponsetto, who had been Michigan's starting quarterback in 1944 and 1945, voted by his teammates as captain of the 1946 team, and undergone knee surgery in the off-season, announced that he would not play in 1946 due to a recurrence of the injury to his knee.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1946 team featured three sets of brothers: Pete and Elliott from Bloomington, Illinois; guards Charles and Walter Freihofer from Indianapolis; and center J. T. White and halfback Paul White from River Rouge, Michigan.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Indiana
After losing to the Indiana Hoosiers in both 1944 and 1945, Michigan opened its 1946 season on September 28, 1946, with a 21 to 0 victory over the Hoosiers. The game was played at Michigan Stadium on a warm, sunshiny day and attracted  74,600 spectators, the largest crowd to that time for a Michigan season opener and the largest crowd ever to watch an Indiana football game.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Indiana
Michigan opened the scoring with a 54-yard drive in the first quarter, capped by a 13-yard touchdown pass from Gene Derricotte to Paul White. In the fourth quarter, the Wolverines scored twice, on an 18-yard touchdown pass from Pete Elliott to Len Ford, and later on Derricotte's 51-yard sprint down the sideline. Jim Brieske kicked all three points after touchdown for Michigan. Displaying tremendous depth, 45 Michigan players saw action in the Indiana game. The Wolverines gained 190 rushing yards and 52 passing yards on four complete passes. Defensively, Michigan held Indiana to only 51 rushing yards. However, the Wolverines also gave up six interceptions on ten forward passes attempted and allowed Indiana to rack up 172 passing yards, leading head coach Fritz Crisler to describe his team's play as "ragged and sloppy."


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Indiana
Michigan's starting lineup against Indiana was Len Ford (left end), Bruce Hilkene (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), Harold Watts (center), George Kraeger (right guard), Bill Pritula (right tackle), Art Renner (right end), Howard Yerges (quarterback), Henry Fonde (left halfback), Ralph Chubb (right halfback), and Jack Weisenburger (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Iowa
On October 5, 1946, Michigan defeated Iowa by a 14 to 7 score at Michigan Stadium. The Wolverines scored both of their touchdowns in the first half to take a 14 to 0 lead. Bob Chappuis scored both Michigan touchdowns on runs of eight and 12 yards, while rushing for 123 yards on 20 carries in the game. Jim Brieske kicking both points after touchdown. The first half lead could have been significantly greater, but one drive was stopped by a fumble at Iowa's four-yard line, and another ended with an intercepted pass at the Iowa four-yard line.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Iowa
In the second half, Michigan was held scoreless and managed only two first downs. Iowa mounted a 65-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter, and another drive in the fourth quarter was stopped at Michigan's 14-yard line when the Wolverines' defense regained the ball on downs. In all, Michigan gained 224 rushing yards and 43 passing yards. Iowa gained 148 rushing yards and 12 passing yards.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Iowa
Michigan's starting lineup against Iowa was Len Ford (left end), Robert Derleth (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), Quentin Sickels (right guard), Jack Carpenter (right tackle), Art Renner (right end), Bob Wiese (quarterback), Dan Dworsky (left halfback), Paul White (right halfback), and Jack Weisenburger (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: Army
On October 12, 1946, Michigan, ranked #4 in the AP Poll, played an Army team that was ranked #2 at Michigan Stadium. Army, favored to win the game by 12 points after winning 21 straight games dating back to the 1943 season, won by seven points with a score of 20 to 13.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: Army
Michigan took a 7 to 0 lead in the first quarter on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Bob Chappuis to Howard Yerges with the point after touchdown being converted by Jim Brieske. Glenn Davis, the 1946 Heisman Trophy winner, played all 60 minutes for Army and was so dominant that the Chicago Tribune wrote that he may have earned All-American honors in one game. Davis tied the game on a 58-yard run in the first quarter. He then passed 31 yards to Bob Folson for Army's second touchdown in the second quarter.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: Army
On the opening kickoff in the third quarter, Michigan drove 83 yards, and Paul White scored on a reverse from Bob Wiese. Michigan had a chance to take the lead, but Brieske's kick for the extra point was partially blocked and fell short. At the end of the third quarter, the game was tied 13 to 13. With a short touchdown run by Doc Blanchard in the fourth quarter, Army regained the lead. With less than a minute remaining, Michigan drove to Army's 10-yard line, but the game ended as Army intercepted a Michigan pass. The ground game was relatively even (152 rushing yards for Army to 141 for Michigan), but Army dominated in the air (211 passing yards to 95 for Michigan).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: Army
Michigan's starting lineup against Army was Len Ford (left end), Robert Derleth (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), George Kraeger (right guard), Bill Pritula (right tackle), Elmer Madar (right end), Yerges (quarterback), Chappuis (left halfback), Paul White (right halfback), and Wiese (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: Northwestern
On October 19, 1946, Michigan, ranked #5 in the AP Poll, played a Northwestern team that was ranked #10. The two teams played to a 14-14 tie at Michigan Stadium. Bump Elliott scored both of Michigan's touchdowns, and Jim Brieske kicked both of the points after touchdown. Late in the game, Michigan blocked a Northwestern attempt at field goal and then drove to the Northwestern three-yard line, but the ball was then intercepted in the end zone drive. Northwestern out-gained Michigan on the ground (202 rushing yards for Northwestern and 80 for Michigan) with Michigan out-gaining the Wildcats in the air (149 passing yards to 110).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: Northwestern
Michigan's starting lineup against Northwestern was Ed McNeill (left end), Bruce Hilkene (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), George Kraeger (right guard), Bill Pritula (right tackle), Elmer Madar (right end), Howard Yerges (quarterback), Gene Derricotte (left halfback), Paul White (right halfback), and Bob Wiese (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: Illinois
On October 26, 1946, at Michigan's first homecoming game since 1942, Michigan lost to Illinois by a score of 13 to 9. In the second quarter, Bob Wiese ran for the game's first touchdown, and Jim Brieske kicked the point after touchdown. On the kickoff following Michigan's touchdown, Illinois drove 95 yards and scored on a 16-yard run by Paul Patterson. In the third quarter, Illinois end Sam Zatkoff intercepted a pass thrown by Bob Chappuis and ran 53 yards for a touchdown. Illinois' attempt at extra point was blocked by Quentin Sickels.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: Illinois
In the fourth quarter, Michigan twice drove deep into Illinois territory (once to the 17-yard line and then to the eight-yard line), but Michigan's only points in the quarter were scored a safety as Bruce Hilkene blocked a punt into the end zone. Michigan out-gained Illinois in rushing yardage, 190 yards to 112, and in passing yardage, 142 yards to 39. However, Michigan fumbled the ball 12 times in the game. The game was Michigan's last defeat until October 8, 1949, a span of nearly three years during which the Wolverines won 25 consecutive games.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: Illinois
Michigan's starting lineup against Illinois was Len Ford (left end), Robert Derleth (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), Sickels (right guard), Jack Carpenter (right tackle), Elmer Madar (right end), Jack Weisenburger (quarterback), Chappuis (left halfback), Bump Elliott (right halfback), and Wiese (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Minnesota
On November 2, 1946, Michigan defeated Minnesota by a score of 21 to 0. In the second quarter, Michigan relied on the passing game in its first touchdown drive, as Bob Chappuis completed a pass for 43 yards to Elmer Madar and Bump Elliott then ran two yards for the touchdown on a fourth-down play. Elliott scored again in the third quarter on a 10-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Gene Derricotte threw a pass to Bob Mann that was good for 42 yards and a touchdown. Jim Brieske kicked all three points after touchdown. Michigan gained 183 rushing yards and 174 passing yards, while holding Minnesota to 130 rushing yards and 40 passing yards. The game marked the beginning of a 25-game winning streak for the Wolverines lasting until October 1949.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Minnesota
Michigan's starting lineup against Minnesota was Len Ford (left end), Robert Derleth (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), Quentin Sickels (right guard), Jack Carpenter (right tackle), Elmer Madar (right end), Jack Weisenburger (quarterback), Gene Derricotte (left halfback), Ralph Chubb (right halfback), and Dan Dworsky (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: Michigan State
On November 9, 1946, Michigan defeated Michigan State by a score of 55 to 7. With attendance at 77,134, the game drew the largest crowd to that date in the history of the Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: Michigan State
Michigan scored twice in each quarter with touchdowns by eight players: Bob Chappuis (run in first quarter), Pete Elliott (pass from Chappuis in first quarter), Gene Derricotte (three-yard run in second quarter), Elmer Madar (four-yard interception return), Paul White (pass from Derricotte in third quarter), Don Robinson (run in third quarter), Jack Weisenburger (three-yard run in fourth quarter), and Tony Momsen (24-yard interception return in fourth quarter). Jim Brieske kicked six points after touchdown.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: Michigan State
Len Ford scored another after Brieske's kick was blocked in the first quarter; Don Robinson recovered the loose ball and tossed to Ford who fell across the goal line. Another extra point attempt was blocked, this one by Lynn Chandnois, in the third quarter. Michigan State's touchdown came on a pass from Horace Smith to Frank Waters covering 77 yards in the third quarter. Michigan gained 500 yards in the game, 293 on the ground and 207 in the air. Michigan was held to 212 yards of which only 47 yards were gained by rushing.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: Michigan State
Michigan's starting lineup against Michigan State was Bob Mann (left end), Bruce Hilkene (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), Quentin Sickels (right guard), Bill Pritula (right tackle), Madar (right end), Pete Elliott (quarterback), Chappuis (left halfback), Bump Elliott (right halfback), and Weisenburger (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Wisconsin
On November 16, 1946, Michigan defeated Wisconsin by a score of 28 to 6. Michigan scored four touchdowns: 13-yard pass from Pete Elliott to Bob Mann in the first quarter; 27-yard pass from Bob Chappuis to Mann in the first quarter; three-yard run by Dan Dworsky in fourth quarter; and one-yard "end-around maneuver" by Len Ford in the fourth quarter. Center Jim Brieske kicked all four points after touchdown. Michigan gained 305 rushing yards and 146 passing yards. The Badgers were held to 99 rushing yards and 47 passing yards.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Wisconsin
Michigan's starting lineup against Wisconsin was Ed McNeill (left end), Robert Derleth (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), Brieske (center), F. Stuart Wilkins (right guard), Jack Carpenter (right tackle), Elmer Madar (right end), Howard Yerges (quarterback), Chappuis (left halfback), Bump Elliott (right halfback), and Bob Wiese (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 9: at Ohio State
On November 23, 1946, Michigan defeated Ohio State by a score of 58 to 6. The 52-point spread was Ohio State's worst margin of defeat since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1913. The game was viewed by 78,634 spectators, the fourth largest crowd in Ohio Stadium history to that point.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 9: at Ohio State
Michigan's touchdowns were scored by Henry Fonde (2), Bob Mann (2), Bob Chappuis, Paul White, Dick Rifenburg, and Bill Culligan. Jim Brieske kicked seven points after touchdown and a field goal. Bob Chappuis passed for gains totaling 244 yards. In all, the Wolverines gained 509 yards, 300 passing and 209 rushing. A writer covering the game for the Chicago Tribune opined "few teams ever have been so impotent as Ohio State was this afternoon." In the last minute of the game, with Michigan's fourth-string backs in the game, Ohio State avoided the shutout with a touchdown pass from Bill Doolittle to Rodney Swinehart covering 77 yards.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 9: at Ohio State
Michigan's starting lineup against Ohio State was Ed McNeill (left end), Bruce Hilkene (left tackle), Dominic Tomasi (left guard), J. T. White (center), George Kraeger (right guard), Bill Pritula (right tackle), Elmer Madar (right end), Howard Yerges (quarterback), Gene Derricotte (left halfback), Bump Elliott (right halfback), and Jack Weisenburger (fullback).


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
The Associated Press released its final poll in early December 1946. The two teams that defeated the Michigan Wolverines finished among the top five. Undefeated Army was ranked #2 with 48 voters picking them as the #1 team, narrowly missing its third consecutive national championship with 1,659-1/2 points. Big Nine Conference champion Illinois was ranked #5. The Wolverines finished ranked #6.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
In the selection of All-America teams at the end of the 1946 season, three Michigan players received recognition:


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
Both the AP and United Press (UP) selected 1946 All-Big Nine Conference football teams. Elmer Madar and Bob Chappuis were consensus first-team picks by both the AP and UP Tackle Jack Carpenter received first-team honors from the UP, and guard Dominic Tomasi received second-team honors from the UP.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
Bob Chappuis was also selected as the Most Valuable Player on the 1946 Michigan team, and finished second behind Illinois guard Alex Agase in voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Nine Conference.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Varsity letter winners
The following players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1946 Michigan football team. Players who started at least half of the games are shown in bold.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Reserves
The following players had "reserve" status on the 1946 Michigan football team.


1946 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, NFL and AAFC drafts
The following 23 players from the 1946 Michigan football team were drafted to play and/or actually played in the National Football League (NFL) and/or the All-America Football Conference (AAFC):


1946 Michigan gubernatorial election
The 1946 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Republican nominee Kim Sigler defeated Democratic nominee Murray Van Wagoner with 60.28% of the vote.


1946 Michigan gubernatorial election
Sigler was the last Republican to carry Wayne County until William Milliken did so in 1978.


1946 Milan–San Remo
The 1946 Milan–San Remo was the 37th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1946. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Fausto Coppi of the Bianchi team.


1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1946 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 130 to 114.


1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 328,003, which averaged to 54,667. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.


1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On November 2, 1946, Minnesota lost to by a score of 21 to 0. In the second quarter, Michigan relied on the passing game in its first touchdown drive, as Bob Chappuis completed a pass for 43 yards to Elmer Madar and Bump Elliott then ran two yards for the touchdown on a fourth-down play. Elliott scored again in the third quarter on a 10-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Gene Derricotte threw a pass to Bob Mann that was good for 42 yards and a touchdown. Jim Brieske kicked all three points after touchdown. Michigan gained 183 rushing yards and 174 passing yards, while holding Minnesota to 130 rushing yards and 40 passing yards.


1946 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Golden Gophers were selected.


1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent governor Edward John Thye did not seek reelection and instead ran for the United States Senate. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Luther Youngdahl defeated Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party challenger Harold H. Barker.


1946 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1946 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor C. Elmer Anderson of the Republican Party of Minnesota defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Frank McGinn.


1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team
The 1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) in the 1946 college football season. The team played in the Bacardi Bowl against the University of Havana.


1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Southerner was selected.


1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team
The 1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1946 college football season.


1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team
They went 8-2 in 10 games played and got the highest rank of #19 on the AP Poll.


1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Maroon was selected.


1946 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1946 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1946 college football season. The team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Big 6, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 158. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.


1946 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's leading scorers were Howard Bonnett and Loyd Brinkman, each with 30 points.


1946 Missouri Tigers football team
After three years of wartime service in the United States Navy, Don Faurot returned as the team's head coach in 1946. The 1946 season was Faurot's ninth of 19 seasons as head coach of the Missouri football team.


1946 Missouri Tigers football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Tigers were selected.


1946 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1946 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1946 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by eighth-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4, 1–3 PCC).


1946 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1946 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (now known as Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a – record and won the RMC championship.


1946 Montana State Bobcats football team
Key players included quarterback Gene Bourdet, halfbacks Harry Perrigo, Bill Nelson, Gene Miles, and James O'Lauglin, fullbacks Mark Hampton and Neil Brooks, end George Rumberger, guards Billy Odneal and Ben Auck, tackles Len Larson and Alfred Croonquist, and centers Charles Masten and Earl Nadeau.


1946 Montana State Bobcats football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bobcat was selected.


1946 Montenegrin Republic League
The 1946 Montenegrin Republic League was inaugural season of Montenegrin Republic League. First edition of competition was qualifying tournament for the first season of Yugoslav First League. Also, it was the very first official competition in Montenegro after the World War II. The season began in April and ended in May 1946.


1946 Montenegrin Republic League, Season
During the first season, four teams played in competition. While Budućnost and Lovćen had a struggle for champions' title, Sutjeska and Arsenal had trying to avoid the last place. Key games were matches between Budućnost and Lovćen. First match at Podgorica City Stadium won Budućnost (5-0), while second game in Cetinje was finished 2-2. Finished as a champion of Montenegrin Republic League, Budućnost gained promotion to 1946–47 Yugoslav First League, while second-placed Lovćen played in qualifiers for the First League.


1946 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Results
Budućnost finished season without any lost game, and with only one draw, against Lovćen in Cetinje.


1946 Montenegrin Republic League, Season, Qualifiers for Yugoslav First League
While Budućnost was promoted to First Yugoslav League, Lovćen as a runner-up played in qualifiers for the top-tier. Team from Cetinje won their games in the first two legs, but failed in qualifiers' finals. Below are FK Lovćen results in the qualifiers.


1946 Montenegrin parliamentary election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the Socialist Republic of Montenegro on 3 November 1946. They were the first elections in Montenegro in which women had the right to vote, and three women were elected to the Assembly; Lidija Jovanović, Dobrila Ojdanić and Draginja Vušović.


1946 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Background
After Montenegro became part Yugoslavia following World War I, the Montenegrin parliament was abolished. During World War II, a Montenegrin legislature was revived when the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Montenegro and Boka was established. This became the Montenegrin Anti- Fascist Assembly of National Liberation (CASNO) in 1944.


1946 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Background
On 15 April 1945 the CASNO was renamed the Montenegrin National Assembly, before it became the National Assembly on 15 February 1946.


1946 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Aftermath
After adopting the new constitution of the People's Republic of Montenegro, the Assembly was converted into a National Assembly, which served out the parliamentary term until the 1950.


1946 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Aftermath
Petar Komnenić was the President of the Assembly until 1949, when he was replaced by Đuro Čagorović.


1946 Montreal Alouettes season
The 1946 Montreal Alouettes finished their inaugural season in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 7–3–2 record, but lost the IRFU Finals to the Toronto Argonauts.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike
The Montreal Cottons Company strike of 1946 was a hundred-day-long strike in which 3,000 mill workers from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, fought for the right to obtain a collective agreement. Mill workers in Valleyfield walked off the job on June 1, 1946, as part of a larger textile strike movement which included one of Dominion Textile's mills located within Montreal. The strikes were organized by the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), an international union. In Valleyfield, Kent Rowley and Madeleine Parent acted as representatives of the  UTWA.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike
By August 1, the strike had been settled in Montreal and workers had returned to work at the Dominion Textile mills after entering negotiations with the company. In Valleyfield the situation was different, and only after a violent riot on August 13 would the company seriously enter negotiations with the workers. After the riot, strikers returned to work September 9 and a collective agreement was signed November 26 between Montreal Cottons Ltd. (the parent of Montreal Cotton Co.) and union representatives. Locally, the strike was important since it was the first time that workers at Montreal Cotton's Valleyfield mill obtained a collective contract. The labour activism and the role of women in this strike challenge the historical narrative of a hegemonic conservative Quebec under the leadership of Maurice Duplessis.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, Background
From 1878 until the 1940s, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield was a monopoly town under the primary direction of Montreal Cottons. The company had a large influence over the city, as it provided jobs and housing for a large amount of the city's citizens. By the 1940s, Montreal Cottons had further established its sphere of influence by fostering ties with local parishes and provincial politicians. From its establishment in 1878 until 1946, relations between Montreal Cottons and its textile workers were often tense. In 1937 the company's workers went on strike for 28 days, demanding better working conditions and better pay.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, Background
The strikers were represented by the Catholic Workers Confederation of Canada (CTCC) and were actively supported by the church. The strike was a failure. The CTCC had chosen Maurice Duplessis and Cardinal Villeneuve to mediate negotiations between the strikers and the company. The workers gained nothing from the negotiations or the strike.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, Background
The 1946 strike did not occur in a vacuum. Rather, it was the product of over four years of planning and a decade's worth of grievances. As early as 1942, Kent Rowley (a representative of the United Trade Workers Union (UTWA)) and Trefflé Leduc (a local union leader) had been organizing workers from Montreal Cotton's Valleyfield mills. The grievances of the workers to an extent echoed  those of the 1937 strike, as well as the grievances issued in the Royal Commission Inquiry on the Textile Industry of 1938. Workers demanded a salary raise of fifteen cents an hour, a forty-hour work week, compensation for working overtime, better working conditions, and union recognition.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
On June 1, 1946, over 3000 workers from Montreal Cotton's mill in Valleyfield and 3000 workers from four of Dominion Textile's mills in Montreal, walked off the job. By June 3, an official strike had been declared by the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) and within three days, the strike in Valleyfield had been publicly deemed illegal  by the Minister of Labour, Humphrey Mitchell. In Valleyfield, the strike, the UTWA, Parent, and Rowley were all denounced as illegal, illegitimate and communist in nature by local newspapers, clergy, the company, and local and provincial authorities.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
By August 1, the strike had been settled in Montreal; workers had returned to work at the Dominion Textile mills after entering negotiations with the company. In Valleyfield the strike was at a standstill as no progression towards a settlement had been made. On August 8, members of the church, in conjunction with the company, formed a local union, L'Association des Employés du Textile de Salaberry de Valleyfied (AETSVU). The majority of the AETSVU's members were strikebreakers recruited from local parishes.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
On August 10, approximately 400 strike breakers left the church and marched with the support of the local clergy and police force to return to the mills. Under the direct order of Maurice Duplessis, the chief of the provincial police arrived the following day with two-hundred-fifty reinforcements, armed with machine guns, to escort the scabs to and from the mill.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
On August 13 at 11 a.m., around five thousand people, the majority of them women and children, were gathered at the mill to support the strike. Upon seeing such a large crowd, the police threw tear gas bombs to disperse the crowd and to allow the strike breakers to leave the mill for their lunchtime break. The strikers and crowd responded to this provocation by throwing rocks and the tear gas bombs back at the police; this caused the police to retreat and seek shelter within the walls of the mills.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
After seven hours the riot ended with a truce that was negotiated by a committee representing the strikers and the police. In the truce, the committee agreed that strike breakers would not be mistreated upon leaving the factory and that the violence would end, provided that the provincial police and the company's private cops leave the city and that the company remain closed until the end of the strike. The demands were met; however, two days later Rowley and local union leader Trefflé Leduc were arrested and charged with inciting the riot. Upon Rowley's arrest, Parent took charge of the strike.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
By September, the company had agreed to sign an agreement with the workers on the condition that the workers return to work and that a vote of accreditation be held to determine whether UTWA or AETSVU represent the workers. UTWA won the vote to represent the strikers by a ratio of 2:1; and by November 26 an agreement had officially been signed between UTWA. representatives and Montreal Cottons.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, The strike
In this agreement workers gained: union recognition, a general wage raise of five cents for all employees, premiums for night workers, overtime pay, voluntary and revocable union dues, clauses on seniority, procedures for grievances, and one week's paid vacation for all employees. This was the first time in the company's history that workers in Valleyfield had gained the right to a collective agreement.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, Women's contribution
Madeleine Parent was a prominent figure of throughout the strike. She was a union leader, a negotiator, and an activist. She influenced and encouraged women to actively participate during the strike.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, Women's contribution
Women actively contributed to the strike as picketers, militants, providers, recruiters, and union members. Kent Rowley and Trefflé Leduc actively sought to recruit women as union members since not only did women constitute a large portion of the workforce, but they also had a large sphere of influence within the mills. Women organized  and participated in union meetings and events. The mothers and wives of workers participated in the strike as well, they formed "Les Dames Auxiliaires" and provided food and necessities to strikers, stretching their savings to feed their families.


1946 Montreal Cottons strike, Women's contribution
It was "Les Dames Auxiliaires" who organized a crowd of 5000 people to meet in front of the mill on August 13. Women were active throughout the course of the strike: they organized and engaged in the riot by throwing rocks at the provincial police and by mediating the truce negotiations between the provincial police and Kent Rowley.


1946 Montserratian general election, Electoral system
The Legislative Council had nine seats; four elected, three held by government officials and two by nominees appointed by the Governor.


1946 Morgan State Bears football team
The 1946 Morgan State Bears football team was an American football team that represented Morgan State College in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their 18th season under head coach Edward P. Hurt, the Bears compiled an 8–0 record, won the CIAA championship, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 151 to 31. The Bears were recognized as the 1946 black college national champion.


1946 Morgan State Bears football team
The 1946 season was the 10th of 12 undefeated season for Morgan State under head coach Edgar Hurt. Key players on the 1946 team included backs Terry Day and George Watkins, quarterbacks Cyril Byron and Oscar Givens, fullback George Rooks, halfback Jonathan Campbell, center Earl F. Couch II, tackles Bertram Coppock and Lorenzo Thomas, end Joseph Eggleston, placekicker Willard Jones, and punter Tippy Day.


1946 Muhlenberg Mules football team
The 1946 Muhlenberg Mules football team was an American football team that represented Muhlenberg College during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Schwartzwalder, Muhlenberg compiled a 9–1 record, defeated St. Bonaventure in the Tobacco Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 307 to 99. The team's only loss was to Delaware by a 20–12 score. The team played its home games at Muhlenberg Field in Allentown, Pennsylvania.


1946 Muhlenberg Mules football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Mules were selected.


1946 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1946 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game was won by Southern Illinois University when the Salukis defeated the Indiana State University Sycamores 49-40.


1946 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
Central Missouri State, the original National Champions, and first back-to-back National Champions, played in their final NAIA tournament, although they remained an NAIA member for another decade, leaving in the mid 1950s to join the NCAA. The Mules appeared seven tournaments recording an overall record of 13 wins and 6 losses. The Mules won two National Championships in 1937 and  1938 and finishing in 4th place in  1942.


1946 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1945 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:


1946 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1946 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1946 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1946 NC State Wolfpack football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1946 college football season. In its third season under head coach Beattie Feathers, the team compiled an 8–3 record (6–1 against SoCon opponents), was ranked No. 18 in the final AP Poll, lost to Oklahoma in the 1947 Gator Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 226 to 101.


1946 NC State Wolfpack football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Wolfpack players were selected.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game
The 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game took place on March 26, 1946 between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Oklahoma A&M Aggies at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The match-up was the final one of the eighth consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship single-elimination tournament — commonly referred to as the NCAA Tournament — organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is used to crown a national champion for men's basketball at the Division I level.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game
The Aggie won their second consecutive NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. Bob Kurland was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player for his efforts throughout the tournament, an honor which he won in the previous year's tournament.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game, Background, North Carolina Tar Heels
The North Carolina Tar Heels, or White Phantoms, entered the season being coached by Ben Carnevale.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game, Background, Oklahoma A&M Aggies
Coach Henry Iba and the Oklahoma A&M Aggies won the national championship game the previous season, where they defeated New York University by four points to claim the national title. The team returned most of the roster from the year before and the team was expected to be successful as the prior year. Sam Aubrey, a player who enlisted in 1943 and was deployed in World War II, returned to the team.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game, Background, Oklahoma A&M Aggies
Aubrey had sustained an injury during combat, but after intense rehab, he returned to the level of play he had been at before he left and was placed in the starting line up. The Aggies finished the regular season with a 28-2 record and won the Missouri Valley Conference. All five starters for the Aggies were named first team all-conference.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game, Background, Media coverage
The media believed that the Aggies' chances of winning depended on the play of Bob Kurland, the nation's leading scorer. An Associated Press writer believed that if Kurland played like he had in the past eleven games, then the Aggies would be the first team to repeat as NCAA champions. Sportswriters believed that if McKinney – who was assigned to guard Kurland – could play well enough defense and Dillon make enough shots, the Tar Heels would have a chance at winning.


1946 NCAA Basketball Championship Game, Broadcast
This was the first NCAA Tournament to have a game televised. The game was broadcast across only the greater New York area and reached close to 500,000 people.


1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 21, 1946, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in New York City. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.


1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Oklahoma A&M, coached by Henry Iba, won the national title with a 43–40 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Ben Carnevale. Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A&M was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament
This was the first tournament to have four teams advance to the final site, though not the first to have a true "Final Four" format (that would not occur until 1952). The two regional losers played in the national third-place game, while the two winners played for the championship. The third place game would continue through the 1981 tournament.


1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations
The following were the sites which hosted each round of the 1946 tournament:


1946 NCAA Cross Country Championships
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1946 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The 1946 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the eighth annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.


1946 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 28 teams contested this championship.


1946 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The meet was hosted by Michigan State College at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan for the eighth consecutive time. Additionally, the distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).


1946 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was retained again by the Drake Bulldogs, their third overall. The individual championship was won by Quentin Brelsford, from Ohio Wesleyan, with a time of 20:22.9.


1946 NCAA Golf Championship
The 1946 NCAA Golf Championship was the eighth annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States.


1946 NCAA Golf Championship
This year's tournament was held at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, New Jersey.


1946 NCAA Golf Championship
Stanford won the team title, five strokes ahead of second-place Michigan. Coached by Eddie Twiggs, this was the Stanford's fourth NCAA golf title.


1946 NCAA Golf Championship
The individual championship was won by George Hamer of Georgia.


1946 NCAA Golf Championship
With the culmination of World War II, the field expanded from five to 18 teams.


1946 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1946 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, The Sporting News, and True Magazine.


1946 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1946 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1946 at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut at the 10th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1946 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Ohio State topped the team standings for the second consecutive year, capturing the Buckeyes' third national title.


1946 NCAA Tennis Championships
The 1946 NCAA Tennis Championships were the first annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA men's collegiate tennis. Matches were played during May 1946 in Evanston, Illinois on the campus of Northwestern University. A total of three championships were contested: men's team, singles, and doubles. The men's team championship was determined by total points earned in other events.


1946 NCAA Tennis Championships
The men's team championship was won by USC, their 1st team national title. The Trojans (9 points) finished ahead of William & Mary (6). The men's singles title was won by Bob Falkenburg, from USC, and the men's doubles title went to Bob and Tom Falkenburg, also from USC.


1946 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1946 NCAA Track and Field Championships were contested at the 25th annual NCAA-hosted track meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate track and field events in the United States. This year's meet was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


1946 NCAA Track and Field Championships
Illinois captured the team championship, their second title in a three years and fourth overall.


1946 NCAA Wrestling Championships
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1946 NCAA Wrestling Championships
The 1946 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 16th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater, Oklahoma hosted the tournament at Gallagher Hall, March 22–23, 1946.


1946 NCAA Wrestling Championships
This was the first NCAA Wrestling Championship since 1942. The 1943, 1944, and 1945 meets were cancelled due to WWII.


1946 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 25 points and having two individual champions.


1946 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Gerry Leeman of Iowa State Teachers College was named the Outstanding Wrestler.


1946 NCAA baseball season
The 1946 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1946. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.


1946 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1946 season.


1946 NCAA football rankings
One human poll comprised the 1946 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.


1946 NCAA football rankings, AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on December 2, at the end of the 1946 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.


1946 NFL Championship Game
The 1946 National Football League Championship Game  was the 14th annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), played December 15 at the Polo Grounds in New York City, with a record-breaking attendance of 58,346.


1946 NFL Championship Game
The game matched the New York Giants (7–3–1), champions of the Eastern Division, against the Western Division champion Chicago Bears (8–2–1). The Giants had won the regular season game 14–0 at the Polo Grounds seven weeks earlier on October 27, but the Bears were seven to ten point favorites.


1946 NFL Championship Game
This was the fifth and final NFL Championship game played at the Polo Grounds and the fourth of six meetings between the Bears and Giants in the title game.


1946 NFL Championship Game
Tied after three quarters, Chicago won 24–14 for their seventh NFL title, their fifth victory in eight NFL championship game appearances. The attendance record stood for another nine years, until the 1955 title game in Los Angeles.


1946 NFL Championship Game, Bribery scandal
The day before the game, two players for the Giants, Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes, had been accused of taking bribes to fix the game from Alvin Paris. Mayor William O'Dwyer had Jack Mara, Wellington Mara and Bert Bell informed of the police evidence against the two.


1946 NFL Championship Game, Bribery scandal
Hours later, the four then met at Gracie Mansion and the mayor interviewed the players one at a time. Under questioning, Hapes admitted that he was offered a bribe and Filchock denied being offered it. Several hours later, Paris was arrested and confessed to bribing the players. Hapes was suspended by Bell, but Filchock was allowed to play. During Paris' trial weeks later, Filchock admitting taking the bribe under oath.


1946 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL had only four game officials in 1946; the back judge was added the following season in 1947, the line judge in 1965, and the side judge in 1978.


1946 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
The gross receipts for the game, including radio and picture rights, was just under $283,000. Each player on the winning Bear team received $1,975, while Giants players made $1,295 each.


1946 NFL Draft
The 1946 National Football League Draft was held on January 14, 1946, at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, New York.


1946 NFL Draft
The selections were initially withheld from the public out of fear that the newly formed All-America Football Conference would sign away players selected high. The most notable draft choice in this player selection meeting was made by the Washington Redskins and remains one of the biggest draft blunders of all time. They chose Cal Rossi with the 9th overall pick, but Rossi, a junior at UCLA, was not eligible to be drafted. They chose him again in the 1947 NFL draft, but he never played football professionally.


1946 NFL season
The 1946 NFL season was the 27th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Elmer Layden resigned as NFL Commissioner and Bert Bell, co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, replaced him. Meanwhile, the All-America Football Conference was formed to rival the NFL, and the Rams became the first NFL team based on the West Coast after they relocated from Cleveland, Ohio, to Los Angeles, California. A regular season game was played on Tuesday, the last until the 2010 season, on October 1, between New York and Boston.


1946 NFL season
The season ended when the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game.


1946 NFL season, Draft
The 1946 NFL Draft was held on January 14, 1946 at New York City's Commodore Hotel. With the first pick, the Boston Yanks selected quarterback Frank Dancewicz from the University of Notre Dame.


1946 NFL season, Division races
In the Eastern Division, the Giants, Eagles, and Steelers all had 4 wins and 2 losses in Week Seven of an 11-week season, while in the Western Division, the Bears' 10–7 win over the Packers (Nov. 3) put them a game ahead of the Rams. In Week Eight, the Giants beat the Eagles 45–17, and the Steelers lost to Detroit 17–7, and the Bears beat the Rams 27–21 to widen their lead. Week Nine the Giants were tied by Boston, 28–28, putting them at 5–2–1, while the Steelers beat the Eagles 10–7 to be a half-game behind at 5–3–1. The teams met in New York in Week Ten, and the Giants' 7–0 win put them in front again.


1946 NFL season, Division races
The final week of the season had the 6–3–1 Giants hosting the 5–4–1 Redskins, and a Washington win would have given them both 6–4–1 records and forced a playoff. That became a moot point with New York's 31–0 win. A crowd of 60,337 turned out at the Polo Grounds, more than the 58,346 that went there for the championship a week later.


1946 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1946 NFL season, NFL Championship Game
Chicago Bears 24, New York Giants 14, at the Polo Grounds in New York City on December 15, 1946


1946 NFL season, Stadium changes
The relocated Los Angeles Rams moved from Cleveland's League Park to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum


1946 NSWRFL season
The 1946 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-ninth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Balmain’s victory over St. George in the premiership final.


1946 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The South Sydney club did not win a single match in 1946, continuing a losing streak that started in round 8, 1945 and which would run till round 1, 1947.


1946 NSWRFL season, Season summary
Eastern Suburbs’ Lionel Cooper took out the New South Wales “Player of the Year” award.


1946 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
39th seasonGround: Henson Park Coach: Frank Farrell & Len Smith Captain: Frank Farrell


1946 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
39th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Harry Forbes Captain: Jim Scoular


1946 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
39th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Arthur HennessyCaptain: Clem Kennedy


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals
With just two rounds remaining, Newtown looked on track for the minor premiership until they lost to Eastern Suburbs and then Balmain in the two final rounds of the year. This left St. George to take the minor premiership, and with it, a guaranteed place in a Final. This proved costly for Newtown who were narrowly beaten by Canterbury-Bankstown in the semi final eliminator, meaning they were out of the competition. St. George also lost their first round match, meaning they immediately got sent into the Grand Final against the winner of a Balmain and Canterbury-Bankstown match, which Balmain won by a point.


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In spite of St George’s status as minor premiers, Balmain were Grand Final favourites due to their comprehensive routing of the Dragons in the first semi-final. Ultimately though the decider, played on Saturday 14 September, was a closely fought contest.


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
A series of dubious decisions by referee George Bishop gave Balmain an advantage. There was a disallowed try to St George and two Balmain tries which came off what appeared to be forward passes, one when Balmain’s Joe Jorgenson scored after receiving a ball that seemed to have been propelled at least a yard forward.


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
The Dragons came close to victory when late in the game Jack Lindwall scored in the corner but his brother, prospective Test bowler, Ray Lindwall was unable to convert it. Lindwall in fact missed all four conversion attempts on the day.


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
The Tigers had won seven straight victories to take the premiership.


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Tensions of the encounter overflowed after full-time and the match concluded on an ugly note when Saints forward, Jim Hale went toe to toe with Balmain hooker, Herb Gilbert, Jr, himself a former Dragon. Hale was then attacked by a spectator and an all-in brawl followed.


1946 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Balmain 13 (Tries: Jorgenson 2, Patton. Goals: Bourke 2 )


1946 NYU Violets football team
The 1946 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1946 college football season.


1946 NYU Violets football team
In their third and final season under head coach John J. Weinheimer, the Violets compiled a 5–3 record, their first winning record of the 1940s, though they were outscored 163–101.


1946 NYU Violets football team
NYU's home opener featured its first return to Manhattan since 1941, with a visit to its former home field at the Polo Grounds. The Violets closed out the year with two dates at another former home field, the original Yankee Stadium. The team played just one game at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, The Bronx.


1946 Nankai earthquake
The 1946 Nankai earthquake (昭和南海地震 Shōwa Nankai jishin) was a great earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan. It occurred on December 21, 1946, at 04:19 JST (December 20, 19:19 UTC). The earthquake measured between 8.1 and 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale, and was felt from Northern Honshū to Kyūshū. It occurred almost two years after the 1944 Tōnankai earthquake, which ruptured the adjacent part of the Nankai megathrust.


1946 Nankai earthquake, Geology
The Nankai Trough is a convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Large earthquakes have been recorded along this zone since the 7th century, with a recurrence time of 100 to 200 years.


1946 Nankai earthquake, Earthquake
The 1946 Nankaido earthquake was unusual in its seismological perspective, with a rupture zone estimated from long-period geodetic data that was more than twice as large as that derived from shorter period seismic data. In the center of this earthquake rupture zone, scientists used densely deployed ocean bottom seismographs to detect a subducted seamount 13 kilometres (8 mi) thick by 50 kilometres (31 mi) wide at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 mi). Scientists propose that this seamount might work as a barrier inhibiting brittle seismogenic rupture.


1946 Nankai earthquake, Casualties and damage
The earthquake caused extensive damage, eventually destroying 36,000 homes in southern Honshū alone. The earthquake also caused a huge tsunami that took out another 2,100 homes with its  5–6-metre (16–20-foot) waves.


1946 National Challenge Cup
The 1946 National Challenge Cup was the 33rd edition of the United States Football Association's annual open cup. The Chicago Viking F.C. defeated the Ponta Delgada S.C. to win.


1946 National Invitation Tournament
The 1946 National Invitation Tournament was the 1946 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1946 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament.


1946 National League tie-breaker series
The 1946 National League tie-breaker series was a best-of-three playoff series at the conclusion of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1946 regular season to decide the winner of the National League (NL) pennant. The games were played on October 1 and October 3, 1946, between the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers. It was necessary after both teams finished the season with identical win–loss records of 96–58. This was the first ever tie-breaker series in MLB history. The Cardinals won the regular season series, 16-8.


1946 National League tie-breaker series
The first game took place at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, and the second, at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. The Cardinals swept the Dodgers behind wins from pitchers Howie Pollet and Murry Dickson, thus advancing to the 1946 World Series in which they defeated the Boston Red Sox, four games to three. In baseball statistics, the tie-breaker series counted as the 155th and 156th regular season games by both teams, with all events in the games added to regular season statistics.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Background
In the first season of baseball since the conclusion of World War II, all ballplayers who had served in the military were returning to their former teams. The Cardinals regained Hall of Famer Stan Musial, and the Dodgers reacquired Hall of Famer Pee Wee Reese. The previous season, St. Louis finished second in the NL, and Brooklyn ended the season third, with records of 95–59 and 87–67, respectively. In a pre-season poll of 119 sportswriters, 115 picked the Cardinals to win the National League, while none selected the Dodgers.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Background
Cardinals manager Eddie Dyer said that talk about his team being a "shoo-in" to win the pennant was devised by Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey to ease the pressure on them, and increase pressure on the Cardinals, noting that he felt Brooklyn was the clear favorite. The Dodgers spent the first month of the season creating a "youth movement" on their club, allowing younger players to have significant playing time. When the team was in first place in the middle of May, however, manager Leo Durocher dropped the idea and instead focused on winning the pennant. Dyer said at the start of the season that as long as St. Louis was within five games of first place on July 4, they would win the pennant race. As July 4 came and went, they found themselves seven games behind the Dodgers, and concern grew in St. Louis.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Background
The Cardinals rebounded, and on August 22, after winning both games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies, the clubs were tied, 71–45. After the Dodgers had led the league most of the season, the Cardinals were in first place most of September. On September 29, St. Louis and Brooklyn were again tied with just one game left to play against the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves, respectively.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Background
The Cardinals lost to the Cubs, 8–3, while the Dodgers lost to the Braves, 4–0, and as a result the two teams were placed in a best-of-three tiebreaker series to determine who would face the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 World Series. The Dodgers chose Ralph Branca to pitch the first game in the series. The Cardinals debated starting either Howie Pollet or Murry Dickson,  before deciding on Pollet.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 1 summary
Pollet started the game by retiring the first three Brooklyn hitters. Eddie Stanky grounded out, Cookie Lavagetto flied out to center field, and Joe Medwick grounded out to end the inning. Branca took the mound in the bottom of the first, striking out Red Schoendienst and allowing a single to Terry Moore. After National League MVP Musial struck out, Enos Slaughter singled and Whitey Kurowski walked to load the bases. Joe Garagiola, Sr. brought in a run before being tagged out to end the inning with the score 1–0.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 1 summary
In the second inning, Carl Furillo reached base on an error by Pollet. Pee Wee Reese singled, but Furillo was out at second. Another groundout brought the Cardinals back up, and the Dodgers got all three batters quickly out to end the inning. In the top of the third, Howie Schultz hit a home run on the first pitch, tying the score at 1–1. After three more outs, St. Louis came back up to bat. Moore flied out, then Musial walked, and Slaughter singled. Musial scored on Kurowski's hit while Slaughter was called out, and after two more singles, the latter bringing in Kurowski, Branca was taken out of the game.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 1 summary
Kirby Higbe replaced Branca on the mound, and ended the inning with the Cardinals in the lead, 3–1. Both teams combined for one hit in the fourth inning, a single by Moore. In the top of the fifth, Reese and Bruce Edwards singled, and Schultz grounded out on a bunt. Stan Rojek pinch hit for Higbe, and walked, loading the bases. Stanky grounded into a double play, ending the inning without the Dodgers scoring any runs. In the bottom of the fifth, Hal Gregg replaced Higbe on the mound, and retired the side in order. The sixth inning contained just one baserunner — Schoendienst — who was stranded on first after hitting a single.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 1 summary
The top of the seventh started with Furillo flying out to right field. Reese, Edwards, and Schultz all singled after Furillo's out. Reese scored on Schultz's hit, but Slaughter threw Edwards out at third base A groundout by Bob Ramazzotti ended the threat with the Cardinals leading, 3–2. Dyer later said he considered this play the one that saved the game for St. Louis. In the bottom of the seventh, the Dodgers inserted their fourth pitcher, Vic Lombardi. After Musial tripled and Slaughter flied out, he was replaced by Rube Melton, the fifth and final pitcher the Dodgers used.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 1 summary
A Garagiola single scored Musial, and Melton got the other two outs in between a wild pitch, making the score 4–2 at the end of the seventh. Stanky walked to start the eighth, giving him a league-leading 137 walks for the season. Brooklyn finished the eighth inning leaving two on base, and the Cardinals failed to score in the bottom of the eighth as well, leaving a man on base. In the top of the ninth, Reese and Edwards flied out, and Schultz struck out to end the game, giving the Cardinals a 4–2 victory.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 2 summary
Originally, the Cardinals were wavering between starting Murry Dickson or Harry Brecheen in game two, while the Dodgers were looking to use either Higbe, who had pitched in the previous game, or Joe Hatten; the two clubs went with Dickson and Hatten. Hatten began the game in the top of the first inning by only allowing one hit to Terry Moore. In the bottom of the first, the Dodgers scored the game's first run. After Eddie Stanky struck out, and Dick Whitman flied out, Augie Galan singled. He was brought home by a walk and another single.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 2 summary
After Carl Furillo flied out, the first inning ended with a score of 1–0. In the top of the second, the Cardinals responded when Erv Dusak tripled after a Slaughter ground out. Marty Marion hit a sacrifice fly to score Dusak, and after a single by Clyde Kluttz, Dickson tripled to score another run, giving St. Louis a 2–1 lead, before a fly out ended their half of the inning. Dickson walked Bruce Edwards, but retired the next three batters, leaving the score 2–1 at the end of the second inning.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 2 summary
Neither team got a hit in the third or fourth innings. The only runners to reach base were Whitey Kurowski and Marion, both on walks. The fifth started that the same way, with Slaughter and Moore flying out. With two outs however, the Cardinals started hitting. Musial doubled, Kurowski walked, Slaughter tripled, and Dusak singled. All but Dusak scored on the hits, bringing the score to 5–1 and ending Hatten's day. Hank Behrman came on in relief. Behrman kept any more runs from scoring, and after another inning in which the Dodgers did not record a hit, the score was 5–1 at the end of the fifth.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 2 summary
Vic Lombardi replaced Behrman in the top of the sixth. He allowed just one hit to Dickson, keeping the score 5–1 when Brooklyn came up to bat. Whitman, Galan, and Dixie Walker all grounded out to end the inning. In the top of the seventh, Lombardi allowed two walks, then Dusak hit a sacrifice bunt, after which Lombardi was replaced by Higbe. Marion hit a sacrifice bunt as well, which allowed Kurowski to score. Higbe quickly got the third out, and the Dodgers again went hitless in the seventh, making the score 6–1 at the end of seven innings.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 2 summary
In the top of the eighth, Dickson struck out, while Red Schoendienst singled and Moore doubled. Musial was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Kurowski singled, allowing two baserunners to score and making the game 8–1 in favor of the Cardinals. After another walk, Higbe was replaced on the pitcher's mound by Rube Melton, who got the final two outs of the inning.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Game 2 summary
Brooklyn went hitless in the bottom of the eighth. They inserted Harry Taylor to pitch the top half of the ninth, in which, he held St. Louis hitless. With half an inning left to play, the Dodgers began to get hits off of Dickson. Galan doubled, and after Walker flied out, Ed Stevens tripled to score Galan and Furillo singled to score Stevens, after a wild pitch and a walk, Brecheen took over pitching duties for Dickson with St. Louis leading 8–3. Edwards singled off Brecheen and allowed Furillo to score, and after Cookie Lavagetto walked, the score was 8–4 with the bases loaded. The Cardinals kept the score from getting any closer, as Brecheen struck out the final two batters to end the game.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Aftermath
The Cardinals advanced to the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, whom they defeated four games to three. While the Cardinals were facing the Dodgers, the Red Sox faced a team of American League All-Stars in an exhibition match. During the game, Ted Williams injured his elbow. He recovered in time to play in the World Series, but manager Joe Cronin blamed the injury on having to wait for the three-game series to finish, and pushed for future tie-breakers to be a single game. Cronin got his wish in the American League, as the 1948 American League tie-breaker was only a one-game matchup. However, the National League hosted three more series-style tie-breakers in later seasons before converting to a single-game format.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Aftermath
After Brooklyn lost the series, rumors of Durocher leaving to manage the New York Yankees, which had started in the final days of the regular season, resurfaced. Durocher responded by saying that he would remain the manager of the Dodgers "until I die", quelling any speculation.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Aftermath
The two games counted statistically as regular season games. As a result, Musial and Slaughter led the league with 156 games played, which could not have been equaled by anyone but a Brooklyn or St. Louis player. Musial's two hits in the series gave him a league-leading 228 for the season. Pollet's nine inning, two earned runs performance lowered his earned run average (ERA) to 2.10, and increased his win total to 21, both of which led the National League, narrowly edging out Johnny Sain's 20 wins and 2.21 ERA.


1946 National League tie-breaker series, Aftermath
Murry Dickson's victory in the second game gave him 15 wins and six losses on the season; this brought his win-loss percentage to .714, which led the National League. Musial finished the season with a .365 batting average, 124 runs, 50 doubles, 20 triples, 16 home runs, and 103 runs batted in, and won the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award at the end of the season.


1946 Nations Grand Prix
The 1946 Nations Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held in Geneva on 21 July 1946.


1946 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1946 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1946 college football season. With the return Tom Hamilton, head coach from 1936 to 1938, the Midshipmen compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 186 to 105.


1946 Navy Midshipmen football team, After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Midshipmen were selected.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 6 Conference in the 1946 college football season. The team was coached by Bernie Masterson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
After the unexpected departure of head coach George Clark after just one year, Nebraska athletic director and former head coach Adolph J. Lewandowski hired Bernie Masterson, considered well-learned in running the T formation offense popular at the time. Masterson retained only one of Clark's assistant coaches, yet brought back former Nebraska head football coach Glenn Presnell as an assistant with his new staff. After the remarkable turnaround of Nebraska's fortunes in 1945, the Cornhuskers looked to continue their climb up from the depths of the war years.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
It was another in a long string of disappointing losses as Nebraska once again was overmatched and outplayed by longtime nemesis Minnesota in Minneapolis. The Cornhuskers managed a single touchdown to avoid the shutout, but found that implementing coach Masterson's schemes would be a work in progress. It was the sixth win in a row in the series for the Golden Gophers, as they extended their mastery over Nebraska to 22-4-2.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Every player on the Nebraska roster saw playing time as the Cornhuskers easily bounced the Wildcats in the Lincoln home opener. Kansas State never found the scoreboard while also failing to prevent Nebraska from putting points up in all four quarters. It was Nebraska's fourth straight win over the Wildcats as they improved to 25-4-2 all time.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Iowa brought the Cornhuskers to Iowa City for Nebraska's second non-conference game of the year, and dealt a blow to the Cornhuskers with the help of repeated Nebraska miscues. Although Iowa allowed the first points of the game to be scored by Nebraska, the rest of the day belonged to the Hawkeyes. The Cornhuskers could have made it a game, but fumbles and stalled drives were too much to overcome, and their series lead slipped to 24-11-3.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
In front of a Kansas homecoming crowd in Lawrence, the Cornhuskers played a back and forth game against the Jayhawks, but once holding the lead, kept their advantage to the end and locked in their 40th all-time decision over the disappointed home team. A late fourth-quarter touchdown allowed Kansas to narrow the final margin, but could not prevent the Cornhuskers from securing their second series win in a row and improving to 40-10-3 all time.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
Reigning Big 9 champion Indiana arrived in Lincoln to provide Nebraska's second major challenge of the season. By halftime the Cornhuskers had not yet scored and lagged by 14 points, but halved the gap shortly after the break. The Hoosiers were not seriously threatened by the lone Nebraska score as they subsequently rolled off another thirteen points to pull away and improve to 6-3-2 over the Cornhuskers, their sixth straight win in the series. Indiana went on to finish the season 6-3 and ranked 20th by the AP Poll,


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri was the target for the 1946 Nebraska homecoming fray, and an impressive contest was held by both squads as they battled up and down the field. Missouri initially succeeded while the Cornhuskers struggled to create progress, but with just seconds left in the first half Missouri allowed a score that denied them the first half shutout. The conversion kick after went wide, and the one missed point would ultimately decide the game. Nebraska was driving late with under five minutes to go but finally went three and out, and the Tigers then ran the clock out to escape with the one point win. Nebraska's hold on the series overall remained strong at 24-13-3.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The Cyclones were dominated by an effective attack by ground and air at Memorial Stadium, and also by several of their own miscues. With points scored in all four quarters by the Cornhuskers, Iowa State simply fell before the onslaught and never overcame the momentum to avoid a shutout defeat. Nebraska's ownership of the series advanced to 31-8-1.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
For the first time in five years, Nebraska had a chance at the Big 6 championship, as both squads entered their last Big 6 game with 3-1 league records. Oklahoma, however, was highly favored, and ranked #18 upon the arrival of the Cornhuskers in Norman. At first, the Cornhuskers made it a game, keeping up with the Sooners at 6-7, but Oklahoma quickly shut down all further Nebraska efforts and ran away with the game to hand Nebraska their 30th Big 6 league loss of all time. Oklahoma clinched the Big 6 title, went on to finish the season 7-3 overall, and earned a final #14 ranking from the AP Poll.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, UCLA
This was the first time Nebraska had met UCLA on the field, and the Bruins marked the event by handing down the first shutout loss of the season to the Cornhusker squad. Nebraska made several key defensive plays to slow UCLA's offensive machine, but it was impossible to turn away all attacks and the undefeated Bruins eventually put in eighteen points on the day. UCLA finished 1946 at 10-0, ranked #4, and participated in the 1947 Rose Bowl, losing the decision 45-14 to Illinois.


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Masterson's first season did not measure up to expectations, though some of the disappointments could be attributed to the installation of yet another new coach's schemes, as Masterson was the fifth head coach at Nebraska in just the past ten years. The brief ray of hope for a resurgence under previous coach Clark's one year in 1945 seemed dimmer, but there was still reason to hope. Masterson's first year team moved Nebraska backwards overall, to 312-133-31 (.688), but improved the league record slightly to 116-30-11 (.774).


1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season, NFL Draft
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Cornhusker was selected.


1946 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1946 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946, and featured former school superintendent and newspaper publisher Val Peterson, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, state Senator Frank Sorrell.


1946 Negro World Series
In the 1946 Negro World Series, the Newark Eagles, champions of the Negro National League, beat the Kansas City Monarchs, champions of the Negro American League, four games to three.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Game 1 matched Hilton Smith for Kansas City and Leon Day for Newark, but each would not factor in the final decision, while each team lost a player due to injury. Newark third baseman Clarence Isreal was lost for the game in the third inning due to dislocating his knee while running into the stands for a foul ball (he was replaced by Benny Felder). Monarch shortstop Jim Hamilton was lost in the fifth inning due to suffering a compound fracture in his right leg on a play at the plate (he would be replaced by Chico Renfroe).


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Kansas City started the proceedings with the first run in the opening inning with Hank Thompson hitting a leadoff single. However, right fielder Bob Harvey would commit an error on the play, and Thompson advanced all the way to third base. Herb Souell would follow him with a single to right that scored Thompson. A single by the next batter was followed by a double play and a subsequent out to quell the threat for more.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Monarchs blew a key chance in the fourth inning for runs. The bases were loaded on two walks and a single and one out, but Hilton Smith and Hank Thompson committed outs to end the threat. Newark had their own blown chance in the fifth inning, when they had two baserunners on with one out, but Jimmy Wilkes and Benny Felder both committed outs to keep the game at 1-0. Smith was replaced after the fifth inning, having allowed five hits while walking two batters and striking out four.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Day would follow in being replaced in the fifth, having allowed four hits while walking four and striking out six. In for Smith was Satchel Paige while in for Day was Rufus Lewis, with each proving to allow four hits in four innings, but Paige proved the most effective, as he allowed no runs to score while striking out eight. Newark broke through in the sixth inning. Second baseman Larry Doby was walked by Smith (who in turned was replaced by Paige). Doby stole second base, but Monte Irvin and Lennie Pearson struck out. With two outs, Johnny Davis hit a single to right that tied the game.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Kansas City responded in the seventh inning, starting on a single by Paige that got him to second base when Doby committed an error. With two outs, Souell hit a single to left that scored Paige and gave them a 2-1 lead. The Eagles would hit a single in each of the last three innings but fail to send a runner home, with Cotton Williams striking out to end the game.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 2
This was the first time since Game 3 of the 1942 Negro World Series that each team hit a home run, and it saw Kansas City blow a 4-1 lead in the seventh inning. Acting as starter was Ford Smith for Kansas City while Max Manning started for Newark. The Eagles started the scoring when Larry Doby drew a two-out walk. Monte Irvin would line a double that would score Doby. Kansas City equaled the game in the fifth inning, starting with a leadoff single by Buck O'Neil, who would go to second base on a error by center fielder Jimmy Wilkes. After a batter struck out, Chico Renfroe would line a single to right field that scored O'Neil.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Kansas City would crack open the game in the sixth inning. Herb Souell hit a leadoff single, and Ted Strong laid a successful bunt that ended up getting him to first base when Manning committed an error. Willard Brown proceeded to hit a home run that made the score 4-1. However, Newark would respond in the next inning. Jimmy Wilkes started by lining a leadoff single. After a strikeout, Larry Doby stepped to the plate with one out. He would hit a home run that would make the score 4-3.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 2
After a walk to Monte Irvin, Smith was replaced by Paige for his second straight relief appearance. Lennie Pearson would proceed to line a single to left that scored Irvin and tied the game, and an error by left fielder Johnie Scott got him to second base. A single by Johnny Davis would score Pearson and break the tie. A strikeout meant that Leon Ruffin stepped to the plate with two out.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 2
He responded with a single that scored Davis, and the throw by right fielder Strong rolled through third baseman Herb Souell's legs, which meant that Ruffin advanced to third on the play. Manning, up to bat, would single to right to score the sixth and final run of the inning to make a 7-4 lead.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Kansas City had one last chance in the ninth inning, when Renfroe hit a one-out single and H. Smith drew a walk that meant two baserunners were on with one out. However, Paige would hit the ball to second baseman Doby that he threw to Lennie Pearson for a double play that ended the game. Manning pitched a complete game in allowing four runs on six hits with three walks and eight strikeouts for Newark. For Kansas City, Smith allowed four runs to score on eight hits on 6+1⁄3 innings while walking five and striking out twice, while Paige pitched 1+2⁄3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Leniel Hooker of the Eagles was matched against Jim LaMarque of the Monarchs. Kansas City started the scoring in the first inning, with one-out singles by Herb Souell and Hank Thompson resulting in runners on the corner. Catcher Leon Ruffin would allow a passed ball that resulted in a run when Souell advanced to home. Newark responded in the second inning. Monte Irvin and Lennie Pearson hit singles; two outs followed, but the runners advanced to third and second base. Ruffin made up for his error by lining a single that scored both runners and gave them the lead.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 3
When Kansas City came to bat in the bottom half of the inning, they responded in kind. Buck O'Neil hit a leadoff single and then stole second base. This was followed by a walk to Johnie Scott and a force-out that meant runners were on first and second with one out. LaMarque would hit a single that scored Scott, and Chico Renfroe followed him with a single that loaded the bases.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 3
One batter later, Thompson would line a two-out single that scored three runs after shortstop Irvin committed an error, with the result being that the score was 5-2 in favor of Kansas City. The Monarchs piled on the runs by scoring a run in each of the next three innings. Hooker was pulled after four innings of work, having allowed six runs on nine hits while walking a batter. He was pulled for Cotton Williams, who pitched the next three innings. Newark would cut into the lead in the seventh, starting with a walk to Pat Patterson and a single by Larry Doby. A force-out and a sacrifice out resulted in two runs scoring.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The eighth inning proved to be undoing for the Eagles, who saw a three run deficit turn into a ten run blowout. It started with four straight singles, which resulted in two runs, while an out by Brown scored another run. Ted Strong would hit a one-out home run that made it 13-5. It was followed by an out and then a combination of three singles and a walk that resulted in two runs.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Williams was pulled at last after it was 15-5, having allowed nine runs to score in his 3+2⁄3 innings of work (doing so on 11 hits), replaced by Max Manning. He drew a hit and a groundout to end the inning. Larry Doby ended the game on an out in the ninth inning that gave Kansas City a 2-1 series lead. LaMarque pitched a complete game while allowing five runs on seven hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Game 4 matched Rufus Lewis for the Eagles against Ted Alexander of the Monarchs.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Kansas City scored the first run of the game in the second inning on the strength of a leadoff single by Willard Brown, who advanced to second on a stolen base and then went to third and home on outs made (the latter on a fly to center by Buck O'Neil). Ultimately, Kansas City would score just one run in the game, having just four hits while only having one in the first three innings each and in the sixth inning. Newark responded in the next inning. Jimmy Wilkes hit an out-out single, which was followed by Pat Patterson advancing on an error. One batter (and out) later, Monte Irvin hit a two-out single that would score Wilkes and then score Patterson after catcher Earl Taborn committed an error.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 4
In the fifth, Newark cemented their lead on the strength of four hits (Wilkes, Larry Doby, Irvin, and Lennie Pearson) and an error committed by Kansas City that resulted in two runs while Alexander was replaced by Satchel Paige (however, it did not stop Doby when he attempted to steal home plate from third base, which succeeded).


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The runs continued in the next inning, starting on a one-out walk to Ruffin that was followed by a Rufus Lewis single and a Wilkes double that scored a run before Doby hit a triple that cleared the bases (he also committed the last out when trying to stretch the triple into an inside-the-park home run). Irvin scored the final run of the game in the seventh inning on a leadoff home run to right field.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Lewis threw a complete game while allowing one run on four hits with six strikeouts. Alexander allowed four runs to score on six hits while going 4+2⁄3 innings and walking two with one strikeout. Paige pitched the remaining 4+1⁄3 innings while allowing four runs to score on eight hits with three strikeouts and one walk.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Game 5 matched Max Manning against Hilton Smith, and each pitcher went the distance, the first of just two games in the Series where the bullpen wasn't needed for each team. Manning went eight innings but allowed five runs to score on nine hits with three walks and seven strikeouts, while Smith went nine innings and allowed just one run on ten hits with a walk and three strikeouts.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Both teams had roughly the same amount of hits and baserunners left on, but Kansas City made more out of their opportunities to win (Newark for example left two baserunners in each of the first three innings). It started in the fourth inning, as Hank Thompson drew a leadoff walk. He made his way to second base after a pop-out and a strikeout, and Johnie Scott got him to third with a single. Ford Smith, playing at right field in the seven-hole spot, would hit a single to center that scored Thompson.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 5
In the sixth, Kansas City added on to the lead. Thompson hit a leadoff double and then advanced to third on a ground out. Buck O'Neil then hit a sacrifice bunt that scored Thompson. Scott then hit a triple to left, which was followed by an intentional walk to Smith with two out. However, Manning would throw a wild pitch that allowed Scott to race home from third to make it 3-0. In the next inning, Hilton Smith and Chico Renfroe each would hit a single. Two batters later, Willard Brown hit a two-out double to right that scored the runners and made it 5-0. Newark scored their only run of the game when Lennie Pearson hit a one-out double to score Monte Irvin from first base.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Game 6 matched Leon Day against Jim LaMarque, but in a unique circumstance, neither pitcher would commit a single out for their teams, as each team exploded in offense in the first inning, while Monte Irvin became the first and only player to hit two home runs in a Negro World Series game. Wilkes allowed two singles and an error that set up Willard Brown at the plate. He hit a home run to left field that made it 4-0, and Wilkes was taken out for Leniel Hooker.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 6
He allowed the first two runners to reach before a single by Earl Taborn drove the fifth run in to score. In the bottom half of the frame, LaMarque issued walks to Hooker, Clarence Isreal, and Larry Doby, loading the bases. He was pulled for Steve Wylie. A force-out on Monte Irvin generated one out, but a single by Lennie Pearson scored two runs. A wild pitch by Wylie narrowed the score to 5-3.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 6
An intentional walk put runners on the corner with two out, and Leon Ruffin responded with a single to make it 5-4. Newark took the lead in the second inning, doing so on the strength of a walk issued to Hooker, who was driven home three batters later on a home run to left field by Monte Irvin to make it 6-5. They added on to their lead in the fourth inning, when Pearson hit a one-out home run to left field after Irvin had hit a single.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Kansas City responded in the next frame when W. Brown hit a leadoff single and Buck O'Neil hit a home run that made it 8-7. The next run proved to be the last one, and it was scored by Irvin on a home run to right field in the sixth inning, and O'Neil committed the final out in the ninth inning as the Eagles proved victorious.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Wylie had pitched 3+1⁄3 innings in relief and allowed five runs to score on eight hits while walking two and striking out two before being taken out for Ted Alexander (who had pitched the closing 4+2⁄3 innings of one-run ball). Hooker had pitched nine innings in relief while allowing three runs on eight hits with one walk and three strikeouts.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 7
The final game matched Rufus Lewis of Newark (the Game 4 winner) versus Ford Smith (making his second start after doing Game 2).


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Newark never trailed during the first Game 7 of the Negro World Series since 1943. With one out, Pat Patterson would reach first base when second baseman Hank Thompson committed an error. Larry Doby drew a walk to have two batters on with one out. Monte Irvin would then hit a single to right that would score Patterson and give the Eagles a 1-0 lead by the first inning.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Kansas City had left a base runner each of the first five innings but came up with nothing. In the sixth inning, however, Buck O'Neil hit a home run to left field that tied the game. The Eagles responded in the bottom half of the frame, starting when Doby and Irvin both reached base on walks. With two outs, Johnny Davis would hit a double to left that scored both runners on base and made the score 3-1.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Kansas City inched closer in the seventh inning; Joe Greene reached on a single and stole second base before Ford Smith hit a single to put runners on the corner. Herb Souell would hit a two-out single to narrow the score to 3-2, but Hank Thompson committed an out to close the inning.


1946 Negro World Series, Matchups, Game 7
In the closing inning, Kansas City reached base twice with a single by Smith and a walk to Chico Renfroe (which occurred after a critical single by Taborn failed because he tried to make it to second base and was called out). With Herb Souell at bat, he would pop to the catcher in Leon Pearson to end the game and give Newark the championship. Ford Smith pitched eight innings and allowed three runs on three hits with seven walks and two strikeouts for the Monarchs. For Newark, Rufus Lewis pitched nine innings and allowed two runs on eight hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.