1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Allen Yellow Jackets
| sport = football
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| conference = Southeastern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SEAC
| record = 8–2
| conf_record = –
| head_coach = William "Buster" Lawson, Hooks Nelson
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| stadium =
| champion = SEAC champion
| bowl = Piedmont Tobacco Bowl
| bowl_result = W 40–6 vs. Fayetteville State
}}
{{1946 Southeastern Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Allen University of Columbia, South Carolina, in the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1946 college football season. William "Buster" Lawson and Hooks Nelson were the team's coaches.{{cite news|title=Allen Jackets Open Practice|newspaper=The Columbia Record|date=September 4, 1946|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102797368/allen-jackets-open-practice/|via=Newspapers.com}} The team compiled an 8–2 record, won the SEAA championship and outscored opponents by a total of 244 to 43. The Yellow Jackets lost the first two games of the season and then won the remain eight games, including a victory over Fayetteville State in the Piedmont Tobacco Bowl.{{cite web |title=1946 – Allen (SC) |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=May 23, 2022 |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=128&year=1946 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913103136/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=128&year=1946 |archive-date=13 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}
The Dickinson System rated Allen as the No. 11 black college football team for 1946.{{cite news|title=Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|author=Lucius Jones|date=December 7, 1946|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102422096/morgan-wins-but-tennesssee-is-still-tops/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 28||at|Virginia State
|October 5|||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Morris Brown Wolverines|title=Morris Brown}}
|October 18||at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Paine Lions|title=Paine}}||Augusta, GA|W 19-0||{{cite news|title=Allen Defeats Paine, 19 to 0, For First Win|newspaper=The State|location=Columbia, South Carolina|date=October 20, 1946|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102797983/allen-defeats-paine-19-to-0-for-first/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 26||at|Florida N&I|||W 12-7||
|October 31|||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Benedict Tigers|title=Benedict}}
|November 2|||Bethune–Cookman||Columbia, SC|W 7-6||
|November 9|1:30 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Savannah State Tigers|title=Savannah State}}
|November 17||at|Howard
|November 28|||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Claflin Panthers|title=Claflin}}|Hurst Field|Columbia, SC|W 70-0||{{cite news|title=Allen Defeats Claflin By Score Of 70-0|newspaper=The Columbia Record|date=November 29, 1946|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102793410/allen-defeats-claflin/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 7||at|Fayetteville State
}}