1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
1946 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
Black college national co-champion; MAA champion
Vulcan Bowl, W 32–0 vs. Louisville Municipal
Conference	Midwest Athletic Association
Record	10–1 (3–0 MAA)
Head coach	Henry Kean (3rd season);
Home stadium	Sulphur Dell, Tennessee State Stadium
	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 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their third season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 10–1 record, won the MAA championship, shut out six of eleven opponents, defeated West Virginia State in the Derby Bowl and Louisville Municipal in the Vulcan Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 247 to 61.^[1] The team played its home games at Tennessee State Stadium and Sulphur Dell in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 1 black college football team for 1946 with a score of 27.27, ahead of No. 2 Morgan State with a score of 26.0, No. 3 Tuskegee with a score of 25.0, and No. 4 Wilberforce with a score of 23.57.^[2] The Pittsburgh Courier recognized Tennessee A&I and Morgan State as the 1946 black college national co-champions.

Key players included fullback Ralph Pulley.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Texas College*	Sulphur Dell Nashville, TN	W 20–13	7,000	^[3]^[4]
October 5	Langston*	Tennessee State Stadium Nashville, TN	W 27–0		^[5]
October 12	Clark (GA)*	Tennessee State Stadium Nashville, TN	W 26–0	5,000	^[6]
October 26	at Wilberforce	Xenia, OH	W 25–7	8,000	^[7]
November 2	vs. North Carolina Central*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 6–14	22,000	^[8]
November 9	at Southern*	Scotlandville, LA	W 21–20
November 16	Lincoln (MO)*	Nashville, TN	W 12–0		^[9]
November 23	at Kentucky State	Frankfort, KY	W 19–0
November 28	Knoxville*	Nashville, TN	W 32–0
December 7	vs. West Virginia State*	Maxwell Field Louisville, KY (Derby Bowl)	W 27–7		^[10]
January 1, 1947	vs. Louisville Municipal*	Birmingham, AL (Vulcan Bowl)	W 32–0	4,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game