1946 Maryville Scots football team

The 1946 Maryville Scots football team represented the Maryville College during the 1946 college football season.[1] Under 23rd-year head coach Lombe Honaker, the Scots compiled a 9–1, went undefeated in the regular season for the first and only time in program history, shut out five of their ten opponents, and kept all but one from scoring more than 7 points, and outscored their opponents by a total of 217 to 52. They were invited to the first annual Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to Catawba, 31–6, on New Year's Day.

1946 Maryville Scots football
Tangerine Bowl, L 6–31 vs. Catawba
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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     5 6 0
Texas A&I     2 7 0
CCUNC     2 4 0
Centre     0 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21HiwasseeMaryville, TNW 33–0
September 28Tennessee WesleyanMaryville, TNW 14–0
October 5CentreMaryville, TNW 19–0
October 19East Tennessee StateJohnson City, TNW 25–2
October 26Emory and HenryEmory, VAW 19–6
November 1Middle TennesseeMaryville, TNW 20–6
November 9SewaneeSewanee, TNW 7–0
November 16Carson–NewmanJefferson City, TNW 33–7
November 22TusculumMaryville, TNW 41–0
January 1, 1947CatawbaL 6–319,000

References

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  1. ^ "Team Records Game by Game". September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2020.