1946 CCUNC Owls football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = CCUNC Owls
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 2–4
| head_coach = Arthur Deremer
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = American Legion Memorial Stadium
| prev_year = none
}}
{{1946 Southern non-major college football independents records}}
The 1946 CCUNC Owls football team was an American football team that represented the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina or CCUNC (now known as the University of North Carolina at Charlotte) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Arthur Deremer, the team compiled a 2–4 record. The Owls moniker was chosen by the players from the inaugural squad.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73033388/ccunc-owls-book-opener-for-oct-15/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=CCUNC Owls book opener for Oct. 15|date=October 4, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = 505th Infantry
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Fayetteville, NC
| score = 0–26
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73033538/owls-seek-win-in-fayetteville/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Owls seek win in Fayetteville|date=October 12, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73033601/owls-open-local-season-tonight/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Owls open local season tonight|date=October 15, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = l
| opponent = Catawba JV
| site_stadium = American Legion Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Charlotte, NC
| score = 14–25
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73033765/owls-tripped-by-inexperience/|work=The Charlotte News|title=Owls tripped by inexperience|date=October 16, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = l
| opponent = Clemson JV
| site_stadium = American Legion Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Charlotte, NC
| score = 0–73
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73034202/art-deremer-gives-ccunc-day-of-rest/|work=The Charlotte News|title=Art Deremer gives CCUNC day of rest|date=October 21, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Pembroke State
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Pembroke, NC
| score = 12–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73035226/ccunc-defeats-pembroke-club-by-120/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=CCUNC defeats Pembroke club by 12–0 score|date=November 6, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Davidson JV
| site_stadium = Richardson Stadium
| site_cityst = Davidson, NC
| score = 20–26
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73034504/ccunc-scares-davidson-jvs/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=CCUNC scares Davidson JVs|date=November 16, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1932|team=Belmont Abbey Crusaders|title=Belmont Abbey}}
| site_stadium = Gastonia H.S. Stadium
| site_cityst = Gastonia, NC
| score = 6–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73034775/ccunc-defeats-crusaders-60/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=CCUNC defeats Crusaders, 6–0|date=November 21, 1946|accessdate=March 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Richard |title=Remembering the end of Charlotte's first football season 70 years ago |url=https://www.gastongazette.com/sports/20161111/remembering-end-of-charlottes-first-football-season-70-years-ago |access-date=March 9, 2021 |work=Gaston Gazette |date=November 11, 2016}}
}}
}}
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