1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1946 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
AP Small College National Champions Mason–Dixon Conference Champions
Cigar Bowl, W 21–7 vs. Rollins
Conference	Mason–Dixon Conference
Ranking
AP	#19
1946 record	10–0 (3–0 MDC)
Head coach	William D. Murray (4th year)
Home stadium	Wilmington Park (7,000) Frazer Field

1946 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#19 Delaware $	3	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	1	–	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 represented the University of Delaware in the 1946 college football season, their first after a three-year hiatus due to World War II. The team was named AP Small College National Champions, and won the Cigar Bowl against Rollins. They were led by fourth-year head coach William D. Murray and played the majority of their 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. They were ranked in the AP Poll for the final three weeks of the season, the only time that they received that honor. The only other time Delaware would receive votes in the AP Poll would be in 2010.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 28	Pennsylvania Military College*		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 25–0
October 5	Randolph–Macon		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 53–0
October 11	Western Maryland		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 44–6
October 19	at Gettysburg*		Gettysburg, PA	W 27–6
October 26	at Drexel*		Frazer Field • Newark, DE	W 52–0
November 2	at Franklin & Marshall*		Lancaster, PA	W 28–0
November 9	at Bucknell*		Memorial Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	W 27–14
November 16	Washington College		Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 61–0
November 23	Muhlenberg*	#16	Wilmington Park • Wilmington, DE	W 62–0
January 1, 1947	vs. Rollins*	#19	Phillips Field • Tampa, FL (Cigar Bowl)	W 20–3
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.