1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
| 1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Big Ten champion Rose Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 5 |
| 1946 record | 8–2 (6–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Ray Eliot (5th year) |
| MVP | Alex Agase |
| Captain | Mac Wenskunas |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 71,119) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #5 Illinois $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Michigan | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 Indiana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1946 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ray Eliot and playing their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, the Illini won the Big Ten Conference title and completed an 8–2 season with a 45–14 win over UCLA in the Rose Bowl. The team's captain was center Mac Wenskunas. Guard Alex Agase was voted the team's Most Valuable Player and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's MVP.
Roster
| Player | Position |
| Perry Moss | Quarterback |
| Ruck Steger | |
| Les Bingaman | Guard, Tackle |
| Sam Zatkoff | End |
| Joe Buscemi | |
| Bob Cunz | Tackle |
| Don Maechtle | Placekicker |
| Don Pittman | |
| Chuck Gottfried | |
| Al Martignago | |
| Lyle Button | Tackle |
| Lou Levanti | Center |
| Bob Prymuski | Guard |
| Tom Gallagher | |
| Al Mastrangeli | Center |
| Merle Schlosser | End |
| Bernie Krueger | Quarterback |
| Dike Eddleman | Punter |
| Bill Franks | |
| Chick Maggioli | Defensive back, Halfback |
| Paul Patterson | Quarterback |
| Ike Owens | End, Defensive end |
| Art Dufelmeier (Captain) | Halfback |
| Tom Stewart | |
| Bob Hinkle | |
| Lou Agase | Tight end, Tackle |
| Jim Valck | |
| Jack Pierce | |
| Burt Schmidt | |
| Denny Bassett | |
| Walt Kersulis | End |
| John Wrenn | Guard |
| Herb Siegert | Guard, Linebacker |
- Head Coach: Ray Eliot (5th year at Illinois)
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 21, 1946 | at Pittsburgh* | Pitt Stadium • Pennsylvania, PA | W 33–7 | 35,000 | |||||
| September 28, 1946 | Notre Dame* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 26–6 | 75,119 | |||||
| October 5, 1946 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 43–7 | 38,512 | |||||
| October 12, 1946 | at Indiana | No. 12 | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | L 14–7 | 27,000 | ||||
| October 19, 1946 | No. 20 Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 27–21 | 62,597 | |||||
| October 26, 1946 | at No. 8 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | W 13–9 | 86,938 | |||||
| November 2, 1946 | at Iowa | No. 11 | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 7–0 | 52,000 | ||||
| November 16, 1946 | No. 13 Ohio State | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 16–7 | 61,519 | ||||
| November 23, 1946 | at Northwestern | No. 5 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 20–0 | 47,000 | ||||
| January 1, 1947 | vs. No. 4 UCLA* | No. 5 | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) | W 45–14 | 93,083 | ||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
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