1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
AP small college national champion Mason–Dixon champion
Cigar Bowl, W 21–7 vs. [[{{{school}}}|Rollins]]
Conference	Mason–Dixon Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
1946 record	10–0 (3–0 Mason–Dixon)
Head coach	William D. Murray (4th season)
Home stadium	Wilmington Park (7,000) Frazer Field
Seasons

Template:1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings The 1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1946 college football season, their first after a three-year hiatus due to World War II. The team was named AP small college national champion and won the Cigar Bowl against [[{{{school}}}|Rollins]]. They were led by fourth-year head coach William D. Murray and played the majority of their home games at Wilmington Park. The October 26 game against Drexel was the final game played at Frazer Field, and the last game played in Newark until the opening of Delaware Stadium in 1952. They were ranked in the AP Poll for the final three weeks of the season, the only time that they received that honor. The only other time Delaware would receive votes in the AP Poll would be in 2010.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 28	[[{{{school}}}|Pennsylvania Military]]*		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 25–0
October 5	[[{{{school}}}|Randolph–Macon]]		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 53–0
October 11	[[{{{school}}}|Western Maryland]]		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 44–6
October 19	at Gettysburg*		Gettysburg, PA	W 27–6
October 26	at Drexel*		Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 52–0
November 2	at Franklin & Marshall*		Lancaster, PA	W 28–0
November 9	at Bucknell*		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 27–14
November 16	[[{{{school}}}|Washington College]]		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 61–0
November 23	[[{{{school}}}|Muhlenberg]]*	No. 16	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 62–0
January 1, 1947	vs. [[{{{school}}}|Rollins]]*	No. 19	Phillips Field Tampa, FL (Cigar Bowl)	W 20–3
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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