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1946 Saint Mary’s (CA)

6–⁠3, coached by James Phelan.

Schedule and results

Saint Mary’s (CA) in 1946, game by game: won at Washington 24–20; won vs. Alameda NAS 73–0; lost at California 13–20; won at Fordham 33–2; won vs. Nevada 13–12; lost at No. 4 UCLA 20–46; won at Santa Clara 28–19; won at San Francisco 6–0; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech 19–41+73−26Won 24–20 at Washington+4WashingtonWon 73–0 vs. Alameda NAS+73Alameda NASLost 13–20 at California-7CaliforniaWon 33–2 at Fordham+31FordhamWon 13–12 vs. Nevada+1NevadaLost 20–46 at No. 4 UCLA-26No. 4 UCLAWon 28–19 at Santa Clara+9Santa ClaraWon 6–0 at San Francisco+6San FranciscoLost 19–41 vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech-22No. 7 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atWashingtonW 24–⁠2035%
Oct 5vsAlameda NASW 73–⁠088%
Oct 12atCaliforniaL 13–⁠2056%
Oct 19atFordhamW 33–⁠254%
Oct 27vsNevadaW 13–⁠1264%
Nov 1at4UCLAL 20–⁠4630%
Nov 16atSanta ClaraW 28–⁠1945%
Nov 30atSan FranciscoW 6–⁠065%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs7Georgia TechOil BowlL 19–⁠4137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 41–⁠19 in the Oil Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 37 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
Record
6–⁠3
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
229–⁠160
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1510 +41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 60 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill McPartlandOTAP-3; UP-2

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