1946 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team

1946 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football
Derby Bowl, L 7–27 vs. Tennessee A&I
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3–1 (5–2 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLakin Field
1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Morgan State $ 7 0 08 0 0
No. 10 West Virginia State 5 2 06 3 1
Virginia State 5 2 07 2 0
No. 16 Howard 6 2 06 3 0
No. 20 Lincoln (PA) 4 2 06 3 0
No. 16 North Carolina College 5 3 07 3 0
No. 18 North Carolina A&T 3 4 04 4 0
No. 19 Shaw 3 3 15 3 1
No. 22 Hampton 4 4 04 4 0
Delaware State 3 4 05 4 0
No. 18 Bluefield State 3 4 14 4 1
Winston-Salem State 1 4 13 5 1
No. 22 Virginia Union 1 5 13 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 5 20 6 2
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 6 00 6 0
St. Augustine's 1 0 03 1 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The 1946 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their second season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 177 to 105.

The Dickinson System rated West Virginia State as the No. 10 black college football team for 1946.

The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.