1946 Texas College Steers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Texas College Steers
| sport = football
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| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SWAC
| record = 5–4–1
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = Alexander Durley
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1946 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1946 Texas College Steers football team was an American football team that represented Texas College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Alexander Durley, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–3 against SWAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 183 to 85.{{cite book|title=The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947|publisher=A.S. Barnes and Company|editor=W.J. Bingham|year=1947|page=224}}
In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Texas College at No. 13.{{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}}
The team played its home games at Steer Stadium in Tyler, Texas.
Schedule
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|September 27||at|Tennessee A&I
|October 5|||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Samuel Huston Dragons|title=Samuel Huston}}|Steer Stadium|Tyler, TX|W 12-0||{{cite news|title=Texas College Gridders Play Here Saturday|newspaper=October 4, 1946|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102740556/texas-college-gridders-play-here/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Texas College Steers Beat Sam Huston, 12-0|newspaper=The Tyler Courier-Times|date=October 6, 1946|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102741116/texas-college-steers-beat-sam-huston/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12||at|Arkansas AM&N||Pine Bluff, AR|W 26-0||
|October 19||vs|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Langston Lions|title=Langston}}||Fort Worth, TX|L 20-21||{{cite news|title=Texas College Team To Play In Cowtown|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|date=October 15, 1946|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102740886/texas-college-team-to-play-in-cowtown/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 26||vs|Kentucky State
|November 2|2:00 p.m.||Southern|Steer Stadium|Tyler, TX|L 18-19||{{cite news|title=Southern Jaguars Meet Steers Here|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|date=October 31, 1946|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102741285/southern-jaguars-meet-steers-here/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 9||at|Prairie View||Prairie View, TX|L 0-12||
|November 16|||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Tillotson Eagles|title=Tillotson}}
| |||Houston College for Negroes
|November 28|||Wiley|Steer Stadium|Tyler, TX|W 6-0||
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