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1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
AP small college national champion; Mason–Dixon champion
Cigar Bowl, W 21–7 vs. Rollins
Conference	Mason–Dixon Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	10–0 (3–0 Mason–Dixon)
Head coach	William D. Murray (4th season);
Home stadium	Wilmington Park (7,000); Frazer Field
	Seasons ← 1942 1947 →

1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 19 Delaware $	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	0	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Hampden–Sydney	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	2	–	0
Randolph–Macon	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Washington College	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	5	–	0
Mount St. Mary's	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	2	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Mason–Dixon Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Hens compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Maxon-Dixon Conference championship, defeated Rollins in the Cigar Bowl, and were selected by the Associated Press as the small college national champion. They were also ranked at No. 82 among all college football teams in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[1]

Delaware ranked fifth nationally among small-college teams in total offense with an average of 335.1 yards per game. It ranked 14th nationally in total defense, giving up an average of 163.4 yards per game.^[2]

The team played the majority of its home games at Wilmington Park. The October 26 game against Drexel was the final game played at Frazer Field, and the last game played in Newark until the opening of Delaware Stadium in 1952.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Pennsylvania Military*		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 25–0	10,000	^[3]
October 5	Randolph–Macon		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 53–0	7,000	^[4]
October 11	Western Maryland		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 44–6	7,500	^[5]
October 19	at Gettysburg*		Musselman Stadium Gettysburg, PA	W 27–6	3,500	^[6]
October 26	Drexel*		Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 52–0	8,000	^[7]
November 2	at Franklin & Marshall*		Sponaugle-Williamson Field Lancaster, PA	W 28–0	6,000	^[8]
November 9	at Bucknell*		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 27–14	4,000	^[9]
November 16	Washington College		Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 61–0	5,000	^[10]
November 23	Muhlenberg*	No. 16	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	W 20–12	15,000	^[11]
January 1, 1947	vs. Rollins*	No. 19	Phillips Field Tampa, FL (Cigar Bowl)	W 21-7	10,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game