1946 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 Illinois $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
#6 Michigan	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
#20 Indiana	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Northwestern	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Purdue	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Week 1: Indiana at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	7	0	0	14	21

Date: September 28, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 74,600
Referee: Rollie Barnum (Wisconsin)

Week 2: Iowa at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	0	7	0	7
• Michigan	7	7	0	0	14

Date: October 5, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 54,200
Referee: Lloyd Larson (Wisconsin)

Week 3: Army at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Army	7	6	0	7	20
Michigan	7	0	6	0	13

Date: October 12, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 87,993
Referee: Lloyd Larson (Wisconsin)

Week 4: Northwestern at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	14	0	0	14
Michigan	7	0	0	7	14

Date: October 19, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 74,500
Referee: Mike Layden (Notre Dame)

Week 5: Illinois at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Illinois	0	7	6	0	13
Michigan	0	7	0	2	9

Date: October 26, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 86,938
Referee: Rollie Barnum (Wisconsin)

Week 6: Michigan at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	0	7	7	7	21
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 2, 1946
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Game attendance: 58,575
Referee: William Blake (Loras)

Week 7: Michigan State at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	0	0	7	0	7
• Michigan	14	14	13	14	55

Date: November 9, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 77,134
Referee: Lyle Clarno (Bradley)

Week 8: Wisconsin at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	7	0	7
• Michigan	14	0	0	14	28

Date: November 16, 1946
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI

The 1946 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1946 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach was Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a 6-2-1 record (5-1-1 Big Ten), outscored opponents 233 to 73, and finished the season in second place in the Big Nine Conference and ranked #6 in the final 1946 AP poll. The team's two losses came against an undefeated Army team that was ranked #2 in the final AP poll and against an Illinois team that won the Big Nine championship and was ranked #5 in the final AP poll. Michigan won its last four games by a combined score of 162 to 19, starting a 25-game winning streak that continued for nearly three years until October 8, 1949. In the final game of the 1946 season, Michigan defeated Ohio State 58-6, the Buckeyes' worst defeat since joining the conference in 1913.

Halfback Bob Chappuis passed for 735 yards, the most since Benny Friedman set the school record with 760 passing yards in 1925. Chappuis also rushed for 548 yards, received second-team All-American and first-team All-Big Nine honors, and was selected as Michigan's Most Valuable Player for the 1946 season.

The only Michigan player to receive first-team All-American honors in 1946 was end Elmer Madar. Center Jim Brieske was the team's leading scorer with 32 points having kicked 29 points after touchdown and one field goal. Bob Mann led the team in touchdowns with five. End Art Renner was the team captain.

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