1946 Lane Dragons football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Lane Dragons
| sport = football
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| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SIAC
| record = 8–2
| conf_record = 4–0
| head_coach = Edward Clemons
| hc_year = 10th
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| stadium = Lane College Athletic Field, Rothrock Field
| bowl = Cattle Bowl
| bowl_result = L 0–7 vs.Arkansas AM&N
}}
{{1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1946 Lane Dragons football team, also sometimes known as the "Red Dragons", was an American football team that represented Lane College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Edward Clemons, the Dragons compiled an 8–2 record (4–0 against SIAC opponents), lost to Arkansas AM&N in the Cattle Bowl, gave up only 3.5 points per game on defense, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 35.{{cite web |title=Lane Yearly Results |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/l/lane/1945-1949_yearly_results.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907060503/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/l/lane/1945-1949_yearly_results.php |archive-date=7 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}
The Dickinson System rated Lane as the No. 5 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I, No. 2 Morgan State, No. 3 Tuskegee, and No. 4 Wilberforce.{{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}} Lane ranked first among the black college teams in scoring defense.
The team played its home games at Lane College Athletic Field and Rothrock Field, both located in Jackson, Tennessee.
Schedule
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|October 5||at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Alabama State Hornets|title=Alabama State}}||Montgomery, AL|W 20-0||
|October 12|||South Carolina State||Jackson, TN|W 13-3||
| |||Fort Benning
|October 26|||Xavier (LA)||Jackson, TN|W 24-0||
|November 2||at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Alabama A&M Bulldogs|title=Alabama A&M}}
|November 9||at|Lincoln (MO)
|November 16|||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Miles Golden Bears|title=Miles}}
|November 23||at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Morehouse Maroon Tigers|title=Morehouse}}||Atlanta, GA|W 25-0||
|November 28||at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=LeMoyne Mad Magicians|title=LeMoyne}}
|January 1, 1947|2:30 p.m.|vs|Arkansas AM&N
}}