1946 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1946 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Edward McKeever, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored its opponents 135 to 115. Joe Martin was the team captain.^[1]

1946 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–3–1 (3–1–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Edward McKeever (2nd season)
Captain	Joe Martin
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

1946 Ivy Group football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Yale	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Harvard	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Penn	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Cornell	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Columbia	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Princeton	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Brown	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Walter Kretz led Cornell and ranked 17th nationally with 602 rushing yards and averaged 6.76 yards per carry.^[2] Hillary Chollet was the team's leading scorer.^[3]

Cornell was ranked at No. 38 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[4]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Bucknell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 21–0	7,000	[5]
October 5	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 21–46	26,000	[6]
October 12	Colgate	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 13–9	20,000	[7]
October 19	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 6–6	27,000	[8]
October 26	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 14–7	33,000	[9]
November 2	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	W 12–0	35,000	[10]
November 9	Syracuse	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–14	29,000	[11]
November 16	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–7	20,000	[12]
November 28	at No. 14 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 20–26	78,000	[13]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1947 NFL draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Big Red was selected.^[14]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
5	29	Frank Wydo	Tackle	Pittsburgh Steelers