1946 Navy Midshipmen football team

1946 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
1946 record	1–8
Head coach	Tom Hamilton (1st year of 2nd stint; 4th overall season)
Captain	Leon Bramlett
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons

The 1946 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1946 college football season. With the return Tom Hamilton, head coach from 1936 to 1938, the Midshipmen compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 186 to 105.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Villanova	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 7–0
October 5	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 14–23
October 12	Duke	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 6–21
October 19	North Carolina	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 14–21
October 26	at No. 6 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 19–32
November 2	No. 2 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 0–28	63,909
November 9	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 20–28
November 16	Penn State	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–12
November 30	vs. No. 1 Army	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 18–21
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game