1946 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1946 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	9–1 (3–0 MVC)
Head coach	Buddy Brothers (1st season)
Home stadium	Skelly Field

1946 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Tulsa $	3	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Wichita	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Saint Louis	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Drake	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1946 college football season. In their first year under head coach Buddy Brothers, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 9–1 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the Missouri Valley Conference championship, and was ranked No. 17 in the final AP Poll. The team won victories over Texas Tech (21–6), Kansas (56–0), Cincinnati (20–0), Oklahoma State (20–18), Baylor (17–0), and No. 10-ranked Arkansas (14–13), and lost only to Detroit (14–20).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 21	at Wichita		Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 33–13
September 28	New Mexico A&M*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 52–0
October 5	at Drake		Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 48–13
October 12	Texas Tech*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 21–6
October 18	at Detroit	No. 20	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit	L 14–20
October 26	Kansas*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 56–0
November 2	Cincinnati*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 20–0
November 9	Oklahoma A&M		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 20–18
November 16	Baylor*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 17–0
November 28	No. 10 Arkansas*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 14–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game