1946 Xavier Gold Rush Football Team

1946 Xavier Gold Rush football
1946 Xavier Gold Rush football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	4–2 (1–1 SIAC)
Home stadium	Xavier Stadium
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Florida A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
No. 5 Lane	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Tuskegee	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Xavier (LA)	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Clark (GA)	2	–	2	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
No. 14 South Carolina State	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
No. 15 Fisk	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
No. 16 Morris Brown	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
No. 17 Benedict	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
No. 20 Alabama State	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
No. 22 Morehouse	1	–	4	–	3	1	–	4	–	3
Knoxville			–					–

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Xavier Gold Rush football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University of Louisiana in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1946 college football season. the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 96 to 77.^[1] They were ranked in a tie for No. 12 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 19	Benedict	Xavier Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 34–12	^[3]
October 26	at Lane	Jackson, TN	L 6–24
November 2	Bishop*	New Orleans, LA	W 9–0
November 16	Houston College for Negroes*		W 7–6
November 28	Dillard*		W 40–0
December 7	Southern*	New Orleans, LA	L 0–35	^[4]
*Non-conference game

^ "1946 - Xavier (LA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
^ Lucius Jones (December 7, 1946). "Morgan Wins But Tennessee Is Still Tops". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ de Lay, Charles L. (October 25, 1946). "Xavier Gold Rush Topples Benedict Tigers, 34-12". Alabama Tribune. Montgomery, Alabama. p. 6. Retrieved May 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern Beats Xavier 35 to 7". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate (sec. B, p. 1). December 8, 1946.