1946 Maryland Terrapins football team

1946 Maryland Terrapins football
1946 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–6 (2–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (1st season);
Offensive scheme	T formation
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium (original)
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Maryland Terrapins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maryland as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1946 college football season. In their second non-consecutive season under head coach Clark Shaughnessy, the Terrapins compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 against SoCon opponents) and were outscored by a total of 193 to 136.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Bainbridge*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 54–0	12,000	^[2]
October 4	Richmond	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 37–7	11,500	^[3]
October 12	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 33–0	15,000	^[4]
October 18	VPI	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 6–0	11,500–13,000	^[5]^[6]^[7]
November 2	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 41–7		^[8]
November 9	South Carolina	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 21–17		^[9]
November 16	vs. Washington & Lee	Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 24–7	7,000	^[10]
November 23	at Michigan State*	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 26–14	16,239	^[11]
November 30	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 28–7	16,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game

Schedule

1946 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 North Carolina $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
William & Mary	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 18 NC State	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
George Washington	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll