1946 Trinity Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
  • Bob Coe (1st season)
Home stadiumAlamo Stadium
1946 Southern non-major college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oklahoma City   –  10 –1 –0
Maryville (TN)   –  9 –1 –0
East Tennessee State   –  7 –1 –0
Millsaps   –  5 –1 –0
Middle Tennessee   –  6 –2 –1
Mississippi College   –  6 –2 –0
Trinity (TX)   –  6 –2 –0
Louisville Municipal   –  5 –2 –0
Fayetteville State   –  7 –3 –0
Mississippi Southern   –  7 –3 –0
East Carolina   –  5 –3 –1
Princess Anne   –  5 –3 –1
Austin Peay   –  5 –4 –0
Arkansas State   –  4 –3 –3
Sewanee   –  4 –3 –0
Livingston State   –  4 –3 –0
Tennessee Tech   –  5 –5 –0
Troy State   –  4 –4 –0
Grambling   –  2 –5 –0
Texas A&I   –  2 –7 –0
CCUNC   –  2 –4 –0
Centre   –  0 –7 –0

The 1946 Trinity Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Trinity University of Texas as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Coe, the team compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 305 to 47.[1]

Trinity ranked third nationally in total offense among small-college teams with an average of 387.0 yards per game. It also ranked second in total defense, giving up only 100.8 yards per game.[2]

The season was the first for the football team after the school's move from Waxahachie to San Antonio. It also marked a transition for Trinity as it prepared to join the Lone Star Conference during the 1947 season.[3][4] The 1946 season consisted of games primarily with Army teams from in and around San Antonio and was billed by the school as "the start of bigger things to come for San Antonio sport fans."[3]

The team did not yet have a football stadium on its San Antonio campus and played its home games at Alamo Stadium and Harlandale High School field, both in San Antonio.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Fourth ArmySan Antonio, TXW 26–7[5][6]
September 30Randolph Field
L 6–7[7]
October 7San Marcos Army Air Field
  • Alamo Stadium
  • San Antonio, TX
W 92–0[8]
October 14Fourth Army
  • Alamo Stadium
  • San Antonio, TX
W 54–0[9]
October 21War Department Personnel Center
Fort Sam Houston
  • Alamo Stadium
  • San Antonio, TX
W 67–01,011[10]
October 28Randolph Fielddagger
  • Alamo Stadium
  • San Antonio, TX
W 19–6[11][12]
November 2Somerset Veterans
  • Harlandale Field
  • San Antonio, TX
W 27–0[13][14]
November 16at Corpus Christi NAS
L 14–271,500[15][16]
  • daggerHomecoming

Players

  • Clay Browne, center, 180 pounds
  • Ernest Denham, end, 190 pounds
  • Robert Erfurth, halfback, 155 pounds
  • Daniel Forbes, tackle, 190 pounds
  • H. Hieronymous, quarterback, 170 pounds
  • Gerald Keller, fullback, 181 pounds
  • John Mack, tackle, 210 pounds
  • Ike Meador, end, 195 pounds
  • Henry Perry, halfback, 155 pounds
  • Jerry Simmang, guard, 185 pounds
  • Norman Theis, guard, 170 pounds

[15]

References

  1. ↑ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 226.
  2. ↑ The Official NCAA Football Guide for 1947, p. 87.
  3. 1 2 Harold V. Ratliff (November 12, 1946). "Trinity U. Is Ready for Lone Star Football". Denton Record-Chronicle. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Trinity Prepares For Sports Boom". San Antonio Light. October 13, 1946. p. 2D – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  5. ↑ "Trinity, 4th Army Bumping Heads". San Antonio Light. September 21, 1946. p. 4A – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  6. ↑ "Trinity Scores 26-7 Grid Win". San Antonio Light. September 22, 1946. p. 3D – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  7. ↑ "Mattson to Return To Texas U." San Antonio Light. October 1, 1946. p. 10A – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  8. ↑ "Trinity Plays San Marcos At Stadium". San Antonio Light. October 7, 1946. p. 8A – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  9. ↑ "Trinity Plays Fourth Army Monday Night". San Antonio Light. October 13, 1946. p. 2D – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  10. ↑ "Trinity Wins Again; 'Bones' For Randolph". San Antonio Light. October 22, 1946. p. 9A – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  11. ↑ "Trinity Tigers Seek Revenge On Randolph". San Antonio Light. October 28, 1946. p. 10 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  12. ↑ "Trinity Winds It Up With 19-6 Victory". San Antonio Light. October 29, 1946. p. 9A – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  13. ↑ "Three Games On Night's Gridiron Card". San Antonio Light. November 2, 1946. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  14. ↑ "Trinity Cops From Vets". San Antonio Light. November 3, 1946 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  15. 1 2 "Comets Tackle High-Geared Trinity Tigers Here Tonight". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 16, 1946. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Bill Lee (November 17, 1946). "Navy Comets Shoot To 27-14 Victory over Trinity Tigers". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
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