1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team

1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Yam Bowl, L 7–64 vs. Southern
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record10–2 (5–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Bowl
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Florida A&M $ 6 0 06 4 1
No. 5 Lane 4 0 08 2 0
No. 3 Tuskegee 5 1 010 2 0
No. 12 Xavier (LA) 1 1 04 2 0
No. 18 Clark (GA) 2 2 12 4 1
No. 14 South Carolina State 2 3 15 3 1
No. 15 Fisk 0 3 03 4 1
No. 16 Morris Brown 3 3 14 3 1
No. 17 Benedict 3 4 05 5 0
No. 20 Alabama State 3 4 14 4 1
No. 22 Morehouse 1 4 31 4 3
Knoxville       
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team represented the Tuskegee Institute—now known as Tuskegee University—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled a 10–2 record (5–1 against SIAC opponents), lost to Southern in the Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 287 to 138.

The Dickinson System rated Tuskegee as the No. 3 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I and No. 2 Morgan State.

Two Tuskegee players were selected as first-team player on The Pittsburgh Courier's 1946 All-America team: freshman guard Herman Mabrie from Tulsa, Oklahoma; and junior back Whitney Van Cleve from Kokomo, Indiana. Two other were named to the second team: center Simmons and quarterback Robert Moore.

The team played home games at the Alumni Bowl in Tuskegee, Alabama.