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1946 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1946 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1946 record 7–4 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Frank Thomas (16th year)
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Georgia + 5 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0
#7 Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 1
#11 Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Tulane 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 5 – 0     0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Furman 7 0 0 0 7
• Alabama 6 13 7 0 26
  • Date: September 20
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 25,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Alabama 7 0 0 0 7
Tulane 0 6 0 0 6
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Tulane Stadium
    New Orleans, LA
  • Game attendance: 64,317
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Alabama 0 7 0 7 14
South Carolina 6 0 0 0 6
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Carolina Stadium
    Columbia, SC
  • Game attendance: 20,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
SW Louisiana 0 0 0 0 0
• #6 Alabama 6 14 13 21 54
  • Date: October 12
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 18,000
  • Source:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
• #9 Tennessee 0 6 6 0 12
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Shields-Watkins Field
    Knoxville, TN
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Kentucky 0 0 7 0 7
• #11 Alabama 0 14 0 7 21
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Cramton Bowl
    Montgomery, AL
  • Game attendance: 22,500
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Alabama 7 0 0 0 7
• #5 Georgia 7 7 0 0 14
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: Sanford Stadium
    Athens, GA
  • Game attendance: 30,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 7 0 0 14 21
• #19 LSU 0 12 19 0 31
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • Game attendance: 46,000
  • Source:

The 1946 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1946 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 52nd overall and 13th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his 15th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. They finished with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

After the Crimson Tide opened the season with four consecutive victories over Furman, Tulane, South Carolina and Southwestern Louisiana, Alabama's 14-game winning streak was snapped when they lost to Tennessee 12–0. One week later, the Crimson Tide faced off against Kentucky and their young new coach, Bear Bryant, and won by a score of 21–7, before they lost consecutive games to Georgia and LSU. Alabama then closed the season with a victory over Vanderbilt, a loss to Boston College in their first game ever played in New England, and an upset victory over Mississippi State on homecoming in the season finale.


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