1946 Xavier Gold Rush football team

1946 Xavier Gold Rush football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record4–2 (1–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumXavier Stadium
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 Xavier Gold Rush football team represented Xavier University of Louisiana as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1946 college football season. Led by head coach Ted A. Wright in his 12th and final season as head coach, the Gold Rush compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 96 to 77. 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.