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1946 Texas

8–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1946, game by game: won vs. Missouri 42–0; won vs. Colorado 76–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 54–6; won vs. Oklahoma 20–13; won vs. No. 14 Arkansas 20–0; lost at No. 16 Rice 13–18; won vs. SMU 19–3; won at Baylor 22–7; lost at TCU 0–14; won vs. Texas A&M 24–7+76−14Won 42–0 vs. Missouri+42MissouriWon 76–0 vs. Colorado+76ColoradoWon 54–6 vs. Oklahoma State+48Oklahoma StateWon 20–13 vs. Oklahoma+7OklahomaWon 20–0 vs. No. 14 Arkansas+20No. 14 ArkansasLost 13–18 at No. 16 Rice-5No. 16 RiceWon 19–3 vs. SMU+16SMUWon 22–7 at Baylor+15BaylorLost 0–14 at TCU-14TCUWon 24–7 vs. Texas A&M+17Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsMissouriW 42–⁠072%
Sep 28vsColoradoW 76–⁠071%
Oct 5vsOklahoma StateW 54–⁠659%
Oct 12vsOklahomaW 20–⁠1375%
Oct 19vs14ArkansasW 20–⁠083%
Oct 26at16RiceL 13–⁠1870%
Nov 2vsSMUW 19–⁠378%
Nov 9atBaylorW 22–⁠779%
Nov 16atTCUL 0–⁠1483%
Nov 28vsTexas A&MW 24–⁠777%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 24–⁠7; No. 15 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The tied 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 1
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 7: 17
  8. Wk 8: 20
  9. Final: 15

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 nationBobby Layne: passing yards (1,122 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanHub Bechtol, E

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 1
Points
290–⁠68
Coach
Dana Bible
Elo
1667 +50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.2 No. 12 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 1Hub Bechtol EPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 2Walter Heap BBoston Yanks
Rd 5Jim Canady BChicago Bears
Rd 6Harlan Wetz OTChicago Bears
Rd 2Hub Bechtol EFlorida Seahawks (AAFC)
Rd 3Bill Collins OGNew York Yankees (AAFC)
Rd 5Harlan Wetz OTBrooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

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

1946 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠19–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Texas4–⁠28–⁠215
Texas A&M3–⁠34–⁠6
SMU2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
TCU2–⁠42–⁠7–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.