1946 Yale
7–1–1, coached by Howard Odell, finished No. 12 in the AP poll. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Brown 49–0Nov 9
By 49 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vsMerchant Marine | W 33–0 | 44% |
| Oct 5 | vs Colgate | W 27–6 | 47% |
| Oct 12 | vs 11Columbia | L 20–28 | 36% |
| Oct 19 | at Cornell | T 6–6 | 47% |
| Oct 26 | vsCoast Guard | W 47–14 | 64% |
| Nov 2 | vs Dartmouth | W 33–2 | 57% |
| Nov 9 | vs Brown | W 49–0 | 56% |
| Nov 16 | vs Princeton | W 30–2 | 67% |
| Nov 23 | at Harvard | W 27–14 | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Harvard 27–14; No. 12 in the final AP poll.
In program history: The tied 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 15
- Wk 6: 18
- Wk 7: 15
- Wk 8: 12
- Final: 12
Photographs from 1946
Yale-Princeton game, 11/16/46Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, no known restrictions on publication
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
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.
- Record
- 7–1–1
- Conference
- 4–1–1 shared first in the Ivy Group (Wikipedia)
- AP final
- No. 12 peak No. 12
- Points
- 272–72
- Coach
- Howard Odell
- Elo
- 1511 +202 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 14.8 No. 22 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Richard M. Hollingshead III
Drafted in 1947
The 1947 draft| Rd 1 | Fritz Barzilauskas OG | Boston Yanks |
| Rd 3 | Fritz Barzilauskas OG | Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) |