1946 Fayetteville State Broncos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Fayetteville State Broncos
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 7–3
| head_coach = William A. Gaines
| hc_year = 2nd
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| champion =
| bowl = Piedmont Tobacco Bowl
| bowl_result = L 6–40 vs. Allen
}}
{{1946 Southern non-major college football independents records}}
The 1946 Fayetteville State Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Fayetteville State Teachers College (now known as Fayetteville State University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach William A. Gaines, the team compiled a 7–3 record, lost to Allen in the Piedmont Tobacco Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 110 to 102.
Schedule
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|September 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Shaw Bears|title=Shaw}}|Chavis Park|Raleigh, NC|L 0-25|2,500|{{cite news |author= |title=Shaw Bears Register Win At Chavis Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102904303/the-news-and-observer/ |newspaper=The News & Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |date=September 29, 1946 |page=2, section II |access-date=May 31, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|October 12|at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Livingstone Blue Bears|title=Livingstone}}||Salisbury, NC|W 6-0||{{cite news |author= |title=Livingstone Is Back On Field |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102904075/the-charlotte-observer/ |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |location=Charlotte, North Carolina |date=October 11, 1946 |page=24 |access-date=May 31, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|October 19||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Saint Paul's Tigers|title=Saint Paul's (VA)}}||Fayetteville, NC|W 14-0||
|November 9||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=St. Augustine's Saints|title=St. Augustine's}}|||W 6-0||{{cite news|title=Saints Suffer Defeat to Fayetteville Club|newspaper=The News and Observer|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|date=November 11, 1946|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102825177/saints-suffer-defeat-to-fayetteville/|via=Newspapers.com}}
| ||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Princess Anne Trojans|title=Princess Anne}}|||W 20-6||
| ||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Norfolk State Spartans|title=Norfolk State}}|||W 13-0||
| ||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Elizabeth City State Vikings|title=Elizabeth City State}}|||L 7-25||
|November 23|at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Cheyney Wolves|title=Cheyney}}||West Chester, PA|W 14-6||{{cite news|title=Cheyney Defeated By N.C. Eleven|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 24, 1946|page=3S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102824731/cheyney-defeated-by-nc-eleven/|via=Newspapers.com}}
| ||Livingstone|||W 24-0||
|December 7||Allen|Cumberland Stadium|Fayetteville, NC (Piedmont Tobacco Bowl)|L 6-40||{{cite news|title=Allen To Play In Bowl Clash This Saturday|newspaper=The Columbia Record|date=December 2, 1946|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102794014/allen-to-play-in-bowl-clash-this/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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