1946 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1946 Texas 12 Notre Dame (AP)Army (various)Delaware (small college) Glenn Davis (halfback, Army) The 1946 college football season was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season saw the return of many programs which had suspended play during World War II, and also the enrollment of many veterans returning from the war. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1946 were: The 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team compiled an 8–0–1 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll. The Fighting Irish, led by consensus All-Americans Johnny Lujack at quarterback and George Connor at tackle, played a scoreless tie against No. 2 Army in a game billed as the "Game of the Century". Notre Dame also ranked first in the nation in total offense (441.3 yards per game), rushing offense (340.1 yards per game), and total defense (141.7 yards per game). The 1946 Army Cadets football team compiled a 9–0–1 and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP poll. Army had won consecutive national championships in 1944 and 1945 and was led by 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis and 1945 Heisman winner Doc Blanchard. The 1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record, won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship, was ranked No. 3 in the final AP poll, and defeated No. 9 North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl. The Bulldogs ranked second nationally in total offense (394.6 yards per game). They were led by Charley Trippi who tallied 1,366 yards of total offense and won the Maxwell Award as the best player in college football. The 1946 UCLA Bruins football team compiled a 10–0 record in the regular season, won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship, was ranked No. 4 in the final AP poll, but lost to No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl. The year's statistical leaders included Rudy Mobley of Hardin–Simmons with 1,262 rushing yards, Travis Tidwell of Auburn with 1,715 yards of total offense, Bobby Layne of Texas with 1,122 passing yards, and Joe Carter of Florida N&I with 152 points scored. Delaware compiled a 10–0 record and was recognized by the AP as the small college national champion. Morgan State (8–0) and Tennessee A&I (10–1) have been recognized as the black college national champions. Conference and program changes Conference establishments Four conferences began football play in 1946: College Conference of Illinois – an active NCAA Division III conference; now known as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference – a conference active through the 1948 season Mason-Dixon Conference – an NCAA Division III conference active through the 1974 season Mid-America Conference – an active NCAA Division I / FBS conference; now known as the Mid-American Conference Membership changes School 1945 Conference 1946 Conference Houston Cougars Program Established Lone Star Season timeline September Significant games played in September 1946 included the following: September 21 Indiana was upset by Cincinnati, 15–6, at home in Bloomington. Indiana had won the Big Ten championship in 1945 with a No. 4 ranking in the final AP Poll. Houston played its first ever football game, losing by a 13–7 score against Southwestern Louisiana. September 27–28 Oklahoma A&M, AFCA national champion in 1945, was tied 21–21 by Arkansas Army defeated Oklahoma, 21–7, at West Point. Notre Dame won at Illinois, 26–6. Illinois went on to win the Big Nine championship. Georgia defeated Clemson, 35–12, in their annual rivalry game. Indiana lost again, 21–0 at Michigan. Tennessee defeated Georgia Tech, 13–9, in their annual rivalry game. UCLA beat Oregon State, 50–7. UCLA and Oregon State finished the season in first and second place in the Pacific Coast Conference. October October 5 Army beat Cornell 46–21. Navy lost at Columbia and dropped the rest of its games, finishing 1–8–0. Oklahoma A&M lost 54–6 at Texas and would finish at 3–7–1. Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 33–0. Michigan beat Iowa 14–7. UCLA won at Washington, 39–13. The first AP Poll of the 1946 season was issued on October 7 with Texas ranked No. 1, Army No. 2, Notre Dame No. 3, Michigan No. 4 and UCLA No. 5. October 12 In Dallas, No. 1 Texas beat Oklahoma 20–13. No. 2 Army and No. 4 Michigan met in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the visiting Cadets won 20–13. No. 3 Notre Dame beat Purdue 49–6. No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Stanford 26–6. The next poll featured No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Michigan. October 19 No. 1 Army beat No. 11 Columbia 48–14. No. 2 Notre Dame was idle. No. 3 Texas beat No. 14 Arkansas 20–0. No. 4 UCLA won at California 13–6. No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Northwestern played to a 14–14 tie. No. 9 Tennessee beat No. 7 Alabama 12–0. Army, Notre Dame, and Texas stayed as the top three, ahead of No. 4 Tennessee and No. 5 UCLA. October 26 At the Polo Grounds in New York, No. 1 Army beat No. 13 Duke 19–0. * No. 2 Notre Dame won at No. 17 Iowa, 49–6. In Houston, No. 3 Texas lost to No. 16 Rice, 18–13. No. 4 Tennessee lost to unranked Wake Forest, 19–6. No. 5 UCLA beat Santa Clara 33–7. No. 6 Penn beat Navy 32–19 No. 7 Georgia won at Furman, 70–7. The next poll was No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Penn, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Georgia. November November 2 No. 1 Army beat West Virginia, 19–0. In Baltimore, No. 2 Notre Dame defeated Navy, 28–0. No. 3 Penn lost to Princeton, 17–14. No. 5 Georgia beat No. 15 Alabama, 14–0. No. 4 UCLA beat St. Mary's, 46–20, in a Friday night game. No. 8 Rice beat Texas Tech 41–6 In the poll that followed No. 1 Army, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Georgia, and No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Rice. November 9 A crowd of 74,000 turned out at New York's Yankee Stadium to watch No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame in a meeting of the nation's two unbeaten and untied teams. Both teams missed scoring opportunities. In the opening quarter, Army recovered a fumble on the Irish 24, but was stopped on fourth down at the 13 yard line. The Irish drove to the Army three yard line in the second quarter but no further. Army reached the Irish 20 yard line in the third quarter, but Notre Dame's Terry Brennan picked off a pass from Glenn Davis. In the last quarter, a bad punt was returned by Davis to the Irish 39 yard line, but Notre Dame forced a fumble and stopped any further scoring chances. The game ended in a scoreless tie, 0–0. ."Fighting Irish Battle Army to 0-0 Stalemate", The Post-Standard (Syracuse), Nov. 10, 1946, p13 In Jacksonville, No. 3 Georgia beat Florida 33–14. In Portland, No. 4 UCLA beat Oregon 14–0. No. 5 Rice lost in Little Rock to Arkansas, 7–0. In the poll that followed, No. 9 Penn moved back up to No. 5 after beating Columbia in New York's "other" football game, 41–6. The top four remained the same. November 16 In its third meeting against a Top Five team, No. 1 Army beat No. 5 Penn in Philadelphia, 34–7. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Northwestern, 27–0. No. 3 Georgia beat Auburn 41–0 in a neutral site in Columbus, Georgia. No. 4 UCLA beat Montana 61–7. No. 9 Illinois beat No. 13 Ohio State 16–7 and replaced Penn at No. 5. November 23 No. 1 Army was idle. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Tulane in New Orleans, 41–0. No. 3 Georgia won at Chattanooga, 48–27. No. 4 UCLA defeated No. 10 USC 13–6. No. 5 Illinois won at Northwestern, 20–0, to close its season with an 8–1–0 record. No. 8 Michigan defeated Ohio State, 58–6, in Columbus. The top five remained the same. November 30 No. 1 Army barely beat a 1–7–0 Navy team, 21–18 No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 16 USC 26–6. Army still had a 9–0–1 record and had been ranked No. 1 in 22 of the last 23 AP Polls dating back to 1944, but the results of the final games convinced the voters to move the Irish up to first place in the postseason poll and the Cadets down to second. No. 3 Georgia defeated No. 7 Georgia Tech 35–7 No. 4 UCLA beat Nebraska, 18–0, and accepted an invitation to face No. 5 Illinois in the Rose Bowl. With the exception of Notre Dame leapfrogging Army, the rankings of the other top-five teams remained the same. December On December 2, the final AP Poll was issued with Notre Dame at No. 1, Army at No. 2, Georgia at No. 3, UCLA at No. 4, Illinois at No. 5, Michigan at No. 6, Tennessee at No. 7, LSU at No. 8, North Carolina at No. 9, and Rice at No. 10. Notable post-season games played in December included: December 7: Tennessee A&I defeated West Virginia State, 27–7, in the Derby Bowl December 7: Lincoln (PA) defeated Florida A&M, 20–14, in the Orange Blossom Classic December 7: Southern defeated Xavier of Louisiana, 35–0, in New Orleans December 7: Allen defeated Fayetteville State, 40–6, in the Piedmont Tobacco Bowl. December 14: Muhlenberg defeated St. Bonaventure, 26–25, in the Tobacco Bowl December 21: USC defeated Tulane, 20–13, in New Orleans December 23: Stanford defeated Hawaii, 18–7, in Honolulu. December 25: Southern defeated Tuskegee, 64–7, in the Yam Bowl December 28: Florida A&M and Wiley played to a 6–6 tie in the Angel Bowl. New Year's Day bowl games Major bowls Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Bowl game Winning team Losing team Rose Bowl No. 5 Illinois 45 No. 4 UCLA 14 Sugar Bowl No. 3 Georgia 20 No. 9 North Carolina 10 Orange Bowl No. 10 Rice8 No. 7 Tennessee0 Cotton Bowl No. 16 Arkansas0 No. 8 LSU0 No. 1 Notre Dame (8–0–1), No. 2 Army (9–0–1), and No. 6 Michigan (6–2–1) were idle in bowl season. Other bowls Wednesday, January 1, 1947 Bowl game Winning team Losing team Sun Bowl Cincinnati 18 VPI6 Gator Bowl No. 14 Oklahoma 34 No. 18 NC State 13 Tangerine Bowl Catawba 31 Maryville6 Oil Bowl No. 11 Georgia Tech 41 Saint Mary's 19 Raisin Bowl Utah State0 San Jose State 20 Harbor Bowl Montana State 13 New Mexico 13 Alamo Bowl ^ Hardin–Simmons 20 Denver0 Cigar Bowl No. 19 Delaware 20 1946 Rollins Tars Rollins3 ^ The Alamo Bowl was postponed three days due to weather (ice).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nvEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5825%2C3390806 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Ice postpones Alamo Bowl game January 2, 1947 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PDkbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4kwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4133%2C1135402 Pittsburgh Press United Press Cowboys blank Denver, 20-0 January 5, 1947 23 January 1: Tennessee A&I defeated Louisville Municipal, 32–0, in the Vulcan Bowl January 1: Lincoln (MO) defeated Prairie View A&M, 14–0, in the Prairie View Bowl. January 1: Arkansas AM&N defeated Lane, 7–0, in the Cattle Bowl. January 1: Pepperdine defeated Nebraska Wesleyan, 38–13, in the Will Rogers Bowl. Conference standings Major conference standings Major independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(s)RecordCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association San Jose State 4–0 Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan State College 7–0 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southwestern (KS) 4–1 College Conference of Illinois North Central (IL) 7–1 Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference WestmarYankton 4–1 Far Western Conference Humboldt State College 1–0–1 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler 6–0 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Central (IA)Upper Iowa 6–0 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Bethany 5–1 Lone Star Conference North Texas State Teachers 4–1 Mason–Dixon Conference Delaware 3–0 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association KalamazooHillsdale 4–1 Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Lawrence 6–0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 6–0 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southeast Missouri State Teachers 5–0 Nebraska College Conference Doane 5–0–1 New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Adams State College 4–0 North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa) 2–0–1 North Dakota College Athletic Conference Minot State Teachers 3–0–1 Ohio Athletic Conference Otterbein 4–0 Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Southeastern State College (OK) 4–1 Pacific Northwest Conference Willamette 6–0 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference California State Teachers 4–0 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Montana State College 2–0–1 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Black Hills Teachers 4–0 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Redlands 2–0–2 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M College 6–0 Southwestern Athletic Conference Southern 5–1 State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota Duluth State TeachersMankato State Teachers 2–0–23–0–1 Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Abilene Christian CollegeSouthwestern (TX) 3–0–1 Washington Intercollegiate Conference Central Washington 5–0 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference North: Superior State TeachersCo-South: Milwaukee State TeachersCo-South: Stevens Point State Teachers 1–0–33–1–03–1 Small colleges conference standings x Non-major independents Rankings 1946 college football rankings Award and honors Heisman Trophy voting The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player Player School Position Total Glenn Davis Army HB 792 Charley Trippi Georgia HB 435 Johnny Lujack Notre Dame QB 379 Doc Blanchard Army FB 267 Arnold Tucker Army QB 257 Herman Wedemeyer St. Mary's (CA) HB 101 Burr Baldwin UCLA E 49 Bobby Layne Texas QB 45 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DMMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4735%2C4813385 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Davis wins Heisman cup December 4, 1946 22https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EvwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zk4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2014%2C182236 St. Petersburg Times Florida International News Service Glenn Davis honored December 4, 1946 10 All-America Team 1946 College Football All-America Team Statistical leaders Team leaders Total offense Rank Team Games played Total plays Yards gained Yards per game 1 Notre Dame 9 690 3972 441.3 2 Georgia 10 622 3946 394.6 3 Nevada 8 484 3114 389.3 4 UCLA 10 646 3779 377.9 5 Michigan 9 588 3122 366.9 6 Hardin–Simmons 10 642 3594 359.4 7 Boston College 9 598 3159 351.0 8 Yale 9 598 3095 343.9 9 Utah 8 531 2747 343.4 10 Penn 8 503 2720 340.0 11 William & Mary 10 601 3383 338.3 12 Army 10 608 3355 335.5 13 Chattanooga 10 592 3299 329.9 14 Arizona 10 674 3289 328.9 15 Texas 10 614 3281 328.1 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. 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Bingham 1947 73 Total defense Rank Team Games played Total plays Yards gained Yards per game 1 Notre Dame 9 465 1275 141.7 2 Oklahoma 10 539 1550 155.0 3 Penn State 8 454 1271 158.9 4 NC State 10 501 1621 162.1 5 Rice 10 547 1663 166.3 6 Davidson 9 432 1498 166.4 7 Hardin–Simmons 10 537 1673 167.3 8 Mississippi State 10 502 1695 169.5 9 Harvard 9 501 1536 1707 10 Texas 10 562 1760 176.0 11 Boston College 9 469 1591 176.8 12 LSU 10 520 1786 178.6 13 Holy Cross 9 467 1609 178.8 14 Indiana 9 459 1619 179.9 15 William & Mary 10 521 1816 181.6 Rushing offense Rank Team Games Rushes Yards gained Yards per game 1 Notre Dame 9 567 3061 340.1 2 Hardin–Simmons 10 540 2906 290.6 3 Utah 8 418 2108 263.5 4 Detroit 10 510 2632 263.2 5 UCLA 10 508 2598 259.8 6 Oklahoma 10 499 2354 235.4 7 North Carolina 10 452 2341 234.1 8 Yale 9 452 2100 233.3 9 Penn 8 378 1865 233.1 10 Army 10 454 2242 224.2 11 Georgia 10 416 2209 220.9 12 Northwestern 9 396 1958 217.6 13 Mississippi State 10 487 2163 216.3 14 William & Mary 10 455 2118 211.8 15 Davidson 9 428 1904 211.6 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 74 Rushing defense Rank Team Games Rushes Yards gained Yards per game 1 Oklahoma 10 359 580 58.0 2 Mississippi State 10 334 664 66.4 3 Harvard 9 330 679 75.4 4 South Carolina 8 292 637 79.6 5 Notre Dame 9 321 753 83.7 Passing offense Rank Team Games Att. Compl. Int. Pct.Compl. Yards Yds/Game TD passes 1 Nevada 8 156 68 14 .436 1569 198.1 20 2 Georgia 10 206 112 9 .544 1737 173.7 23 3 Texas 10 186 99 19 .532 1569 156.9 12 4 Oklahoma A&M 11 252 107 25 .425 1652 150.2 13 5 Michigan 9 162 73 22 .451 1322 146.9 10 6 Boston College 9 175 82 14 .469 1266 140.7 14 7 Indiana 9 185 95 15 .514 1264 140.4 8 8 Marquette 9 189 90 19 .476 1243 138.1 13 9 Princeton 8 167 68 14 .407 1096 137.0 4 10 Washington & Lee 8 165 87 20 .527 1085 135.6 12 11 Arizona 10 210 91 20 .433 1321 132.1 11 12 Purdue 9 183 86 17 .470 1182 131.3 7 13 Clemson 9 152 68 18 .447 1181 131.2 8 14 Wake Forest 9 149 71 14 .477 1151 127.9 8 15 William & Mary 10 146 77 15 .527 1265 126.5 19 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 75 Passing defense Rank Team Games Att. Compl. Pct.Compl. Yards Yds/Game 1 Holy Cross 9 107 35 .327 483 53.7 2 West Texas State 10 124 43 .347 570 57.0 3 Notre Dame 9 144 54 .375 522 58.0 4 Indiana 9 127 39 .307 538 59.8 5 Florida 9 84 39 .464 557 61.9 Individual leaders Total offense Rank Player Team Games Plays Rush Yds Pass Yds Total Yds Avg Gainper Play 1 Travis Tidwell Auburn 10 339 772 943 1715 5.06 2 Bobby Layne Texas 10 221 338 1122 1460 6.61 3 Harry Gilmer Alabama 11 293 497 930 1427 4.98 4 Charley Trippi Georgia 10 185 744 622 1366 7.38 5 Bob Chappuis Michigan 9 180 531 734 1265 7.02 6 Rudy Mobley Hardin-Simmons 10 227 1262 0 1262 5.56 7 Herman Wedemeyer St. Mary's 8 204 625 595 1220 5.98 8 Charlie Justice North Carolina 10 181 943 270 1213 6.70 9 Bill Mackrides Nevada 8 142 - 70 1254 1184 8.34 10 Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts Chattanooga 9 168 1113 9 1122 6.68 11 Glenn Davis Army 1108 6.52 12 Fred Enke Arizona 1069 5.66 13 George Guerre Michigan State 1029 6.86 14 Nick Sacrinty Wake Forest 1013 5.89 15 Clark Texas Mines 967 4.48 16 Clyde LeForce Tulsa 950 5.16 17 Joe Golding Oklahoma 923 7.05 18 Ben Raimondi Indiana 908 4.59 19 Case UCLA 907 7.26 20 Jackson Yale 888 6.00 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 79 Rushing Rank Player Team Games Rushes Yds Gained Yds Lost Net Yds Avg Gainper Play 1 Rudy Mobley Hardin-Simmons 10 227 1306 44 1262 5.56 2 Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts Chattanooga 10 167 1147 34 1113 6.66 3 Charlie Justice North Carolina 10 131 1024 81 943 7.20 4 Joe Golding Oklahoma 10 126 960 58 902 7.16 5 Levi Jackson Yale 9 134 851 45 806 6.01 6 Roger Stephens Cincinnati 10 101 796 22 774 7.66 7 Travis Tidwell Auburn 10 181 926 154 772 4.27 8 Charley Trippi Georgia 10 115 846 102 744 6.47 9 Hodges Wichita 10 152 775 42 733 4.82 10 Glenn Davis Army 10 123 824 112 712 5.79 11 Carl F. "Buddy" Russ Rice 10 130 710 20 690 5.31 12 Lloyd Merriman Stanford 9 140 728 56 672 4.80 13 George Guerre Michigan State 10 90 699 66 633 7.03 14 Herman Wedemeyer Saint Mary's 8 104 704 79 625 6.01 15 Joseph Rogers Villanova 10 90 669 49 620 6.89 16 Doc Blanchard Army 10 120 633 20 613 5.11 17 Walter Kretz Cornell 9 89 613 11 602 6.76 18 Carpenter Ohio State 9 141 612 23 589 4.18 19 Forrest Hall San Francisco 9 89 615 36 579 6.51 20 Barney Hafen Utah 9 132 609 32 577 4.37 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 80 Passing Rank Player Team Games Att. Compl. Int. Pct. Compl. Yds. TDs 1 Travis Tidwell Auburn 10 158 79 10 .500 943 5 2 Bobby Layne Texas 10 144 77 14 .550 1122 6 3 Ben Raimondi Indiana 9 138 74 8 .536 956 7 4 Harry Gilmer Alabama 11 160 69 10 .431 930 5 5 Bobby Thomason VMI 10 126 66 4 .524 833 10 6 Charlie Conerly Ole Miss 9 124 64 13 .516 641 3 7 Clark Texas Mines 8 107 61 8 .570 604 6 8 Clyde LeForce Tulsa 10 125 61 7 .488 807 7 9 Bob DeMoss Purdue 8 122 59 9 .484 814 6 10 Working Washington & Lee 7 108 56 14 .519 741 8 11 Bill Mackrides Nevada 8 115 56 7 .487 1254 17 12 Nick Sacrinty Wake Forest 9 109 51 12 .468 822 6 13 Olsen BYU 8 100 50 10 .500 719 2 14 Frank Payne SMU 10 107 50 11 .467 580 4 15 Johnny Lujack Notre Dame 9 100 49 8 .490 778 6 16 Furse Yale 9 100 49 6 .490 735 8 17 John Rauch Georgia 10 87 48 4 .552 779 14 18 John Burns Cornell 9 105 48 8 .457 624 3 19 Tommy Mont Maryland 9 92 45 6 .489 410 3 20 Y. A. Tittle LSU 10 95 45 8 .474 781 11 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 82 Receiving Rank Player Team Games Receptions ReceivingYards 1 Neill Armstrong Oklahoma A&M 10 32 479 1 Montgomery Arizona (Tempe) 11 32 399 3 Broughton Williams Florida 8 29 490 3 Red O'Quinn Wake Forest 9 29 441 5 Barney Poole Ole Miss 9 28 277 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 83 Scoring The following list of scoring leaders is taken from the NCAA's Official Football Guide for 1947 and includes both major and minor college players. Gene "Choo-Choo" Roberts ranked third overall and first among major college players. Rank Player Team TD PAT FG Pts 1 Joe Carter Florida N&I 21 26 0 152 2 Andy Victor Oklahoma City 14 40 0 124 3 Gene "Choo-Choo" Roberts Chattanooga 18 9 0 117 4 Rudy Mobley Hardin–Simmons 16 0 0 96 5 Jack Crider Muhlenberg 15 0 0 90 6 Forrest Hall San Francisco 13 9 0 87 7 (tie) Charley Trippi Georgia 14 0 0 84 7 (tie) Baker Missouri Valley 14 0 0 84 7 (tie) Dan Roskos East Stroudsburg State 14 0 0 84 7 (tie) Phillipi Southern 14 0 0 84 11 (tie) Art Hering Rutgers 12 8 0 80 11 (tie) Dixon Abilene Christian 13 3 0 80 11 (tie) Johnny Hickman San Angelo 12 8 0 80 14 Glenn Davis Army 13 0 0 78 15 (tie) Larry Bruno Geneva 12 2 0 74 15 (tie) Spoon Southwestern Kansas 12 2 0 74 17 (tie) Charlie Justice North Carolina 12 0 0 72 17 (tie) Young Hillsdale 12 0 0 72 17 (tie) Brady Ohio 12 0 0 72 17 (tie) Ward Hillsdale 12 0 0 72 17 (tie) Washington Tennessee A&I 12 0 0 72 22 Clyde LeForce Tulsa 5 34 1 67 23 (tie) Jack Cloud William & Mary 11 0 0 66 23 (tie) Pudge Camarata Iowa Teachers 11 0 0 66 23 (tie) Lingenfelder Missouri Valley 11 0 0 66 23 (tie) Preston Missouri Valley 6 30 0 66 23 (tie) Hughes Ottawa 11 0 0 66 23 (tie) Carl Giordana Lawrence 11 0 0 66 23 (tie) Anthony Georgiana Catawba 11 0 0 66 The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947 A.S. Barnes and Company W.J. Bingham 1947 89 Rules Committee Earl Krieger, secretary W. J. Bingham (Harvard), chairman Amos Alonzo Stagg (Pacific), life member William Alexander (Georgia Tech), member-at-large Tuss McLaughry (Dartmouth), 1st District Biff Jones (Army), 2nd District Wallace Wade (Duke), 3rd District Fritz Crisler (Michigan), 4th District Ernest C. Quigley (Kansas), 5th District Dana X. Bible (Texas), 6th District Harry W. Hughes (Colorado A&M), 7th District Willis O. Hunter (USC), 8th District References