1946 St. Norbert Green Knights football team

1946 St. Norbert Green Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumJ. R. Minahan Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Midwestern non-major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Norbert   –   8 – 0 – 0
Youngstown   –   7 – 1 – 0
Bradley   –   7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
Defiance   –   6 – 2 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carroll (WI)   –   4 – 2 – 1
Bowling Green   –   5 – 3 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan   –   5 – 4 – 1
Michigan Tech   –   3 – 2 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   3 – 2 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 1
Xavier   –   3 – 7 – 0
Detroit Tech   –   1 – 6 – 1
Valparaiso   –   1 – 7 – 0
Sterling   –   1 – 8 – 0
Haskell   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1946 St. Norbert Green Knights football team was an American football team that represented St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first year under head coach Tom Hearden, the Green Knights compiled a perfect 8–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 216 to 26, an average of 27.25 points scored on offense and 3.25 points allowed on defense.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Stevens Point StateStevens Point, WIW 54–0[3]
September 28Whitewater State
W 19–122,300[4]
October 12at Oshkosh StateOshkosh, WIW 39–0[5]
October 19Lorasdagger
  • J. R. Minahan Stadium
  • De Pere, WI
W 27–73,300[6]
October 26La Crosse State
  • J. R. Minahan Stadium
  • De Pere, WI
W 20–0[7]
November 2at Milwaukee State
W 22–0[8]
November 10at St. Ambrose
W 19–75,500[9][10]
November 17at Saint Joseph's (IN)Rensselaer, INW 23–0[11]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "1946 - Saint Norbert (WI)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "1946 Football". St. Norbert College. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Dave Yuenger (September 23, 1946). "St. Norbert Crushes Pointers by 54 to 0". The Green Bay Press-Gazette. pp. 13, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Dave Yuenger (September 30, 1946). "Three Touchdowns in Last Quarter Give St. Norbert 19-12 Victory". The Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "St. Norbert Tops Oshkosh, 39-0: Hickey Big Scorer For Knights With Three Touchdowns". The Green Bay Press-Gazette. October 14, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Dave Yuenger (October 21, 1946). "St. Norbert Crushes Loras, 27-7, in Homecoming Collision: 3,300 See Knights Post 4th Straight Win; LaCrosse Next". The Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "St. Norbert Whips La Crose, 20-0, for Fifth Straight Win". Green Bay Press-Gazette. October 28, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Dave Yuenger (November 4, 1946). "St. Norbert Throttles Milwaukee Peds, 22-0, for 6th in Row". The Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Dave Yuenger (November 11, 1946). "Bees Toppled By St. Norbert in 19-7 Battle". The Rock Island Argus. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "St. Norbert Trims St. Ambrose, 19-7". The Daily Times. Davenport, Iowa. November 11, 1946. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Dave Yuenger (November 18, 1946). "St. Norbert Trounces St. Joseph Eleven, 23-0: Knights Are One of Nation's Few Unbeaten, Untied Teams". Green Bay Press-Gazette. pp. 15, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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