1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team

1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football
1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football
Conference	Midwest Athletic Association
Record	5–4 (0–3 MAA)
Head coach	Robert White (1st season);
Home stadium	Alumni Field
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

1946 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Tennessee A&I $	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Wilberforce	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
No. 7 Lincoln (MO)	1	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Kentucky State	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. Led by Robert White in his first and only season as head coach, the Thorobreds compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 77.^[1]

In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Kentucky State at No. 19.^[2]

The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	North Carolina A&T	Alumni Field Frankfort, KY	W 7–0
October 5	at Winston-Salem State	Winston-Salem, NC	W 27–6
October 12	Lockbourne AFB		W 37–6
October 19	Lincoln (MO)	Alumni Field Frankfort, KY	L 0–7
October 26	vs. Texas College	Louisville, KY	L 7–26
November 2	at Florida A&M	Jacksonville, FL	W 14–6
November 9	Wilberforce	Alumni Field Frankfort, KY	L 6–7	^[3]
November 16	at Morris Brown	Atlanta, GA	W 13–0
November 23	Tennessee A&I	Alumni Field Frankfort, KY	L 0–19

^ "Kentucky State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wilberforce Triumphs Over Kentucky State". The Lexington Herald. November 10, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.