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1946 Nevada

7–⁠2, coached by Jim Aiken.

Schedule and results

Nevada in 1946, game by game: lost at San Francisco 14–26; won vs. Santa Clara 33–7; won vs. Arizona State 74–2; won at San Diego State 26–0; lost at Saint Mary’s (CA) 12–13; won vs. Montana State 38–14; won vs. California–Santa Barbara 48–13; won vs. Loyola Marymount 53–0; won at Hawai’i 26–7+72−12Lost 14–26 at San Francisco-12San FranciscoWon 33–7 vs. Santa Clara+26Santa ClaraWon 74–2 vs. Arizona State+72Arizona StateWon 26–0 at San Diego State+26San Diego StateLost 12–13 at Saint Mary’s (CA)-1Saint Mary’s (C…Won 38–14 vs. Montana State+24Montana StateWon 48–13 vs. California–Santa Barbara+35California–Sant…Won 53–0 vs. Loyola Marymount+53Loyola MarymountWon 26–7 at Hawai’i+19Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29atSan FranciscoL 14–⁠2650%
Oct 5vsSanta ClaraW 33–⁠737%
Oct 12vsArizona StateW 74–⁠274%
Oct 19atSan Diego StateW 26–⁠081%
Oct 27atSaint Mary’s (CA)L 12–⁠1336%
Nov 2vsMontana StateW 38–⁠1490%
Nov 9vsCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 48–⁠1385%
Nov 22vsLoyola MarymountW 53–⁠057%
Dec 7atHawai’iW 26–⁠788%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 26–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 83 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1946.

Led the nationBill Mackrides: passing touchdowns (17 TD), passer rating (176.9)

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
324–⁠82
Coach
Jim Aiken
Elo
1509 +99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.4 No. 68 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 3Bill Mackrides QBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Horace GillomEAP-2; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).