1946 Wiley Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = Wiley Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SWAC
| record = 6–3–1
| conf_record = 4–2
| head_coach = Fred T. Long
| hc_year = 24th
| captain =
| stadium =
| bowl = Angel Bowl
| bowl_result = T 6–6 vs. Florida A&M
}}
{{1946 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1946 Wiley Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Wiley College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Fred T. Long, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2 against SWAC opponents), finished in second place in the SWAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 234 to 65.{{cite web|title=1946 - Wiley (TX)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=May 22, 2022|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=3560&year=1947|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911133939/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=3560&year=1947|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2015}}
The Dickinson System rated Wiley in a tie for No. 12 among the black college football teams 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
{{CFB schedule
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| source = y
| September 28 |at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Philander Smith Panthers|title=Philander Smith}}
|October 4||Arkansas AM&N||Marshall, TX|W 32-7||
|October 14|vs|Prairie View|Cotton Bowl|Dallas, TX|W 19-0|22,000|{{cite news |author= |title=Wiley Defeats Prairie View By 19-0 Score |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114491464/the-marshall-news-messenger/ |newspaper=The Marshall News Messenger |location=Marshall, Texas |agency=Associated Press |date=October 15, 1946 |page=6 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|October 28||Tuskegee
|November 9|at|{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Langston Lions|title=Langston}}||Langston, OK|W 6-0||
|November 15||Southern||Marshall, TX|L 7-19||
|November 21||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Samuel Huston Dragons|title=Samuel Huston}}||Marshall, TX|W 26-0||
|November 28|at|Texas College||Tyler, TX|L 0-6||
|December 7||{{cfb link|year=1946|team=Clark Panthers|title=Clark (GA)}}
|December 28|vs|Florida A&M
}}