1946 Pepperdine Waves football team

1946 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSentinel Field
1946 Western non-major college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southern Oregon   –   8 – 0 – 0
  –   8 – 1 – 0
Hawaii   –   8 – 2 – 0
Cal Poly   –   6 – 2 – 1
Loyola (CA)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   4 – 3 – 1
San Francisco State   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boise State   –   3 – 4 – 2
Eastern Oregon   –   2 – 5 – 0
La Verne   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1946 Pepperdine Waves football team was a college football team that represented George Pepperdine College (later renamed Pepperdine University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its first year of competition in college football, Pepperdine was led by head coach Warren Gaer, compiling an 8–1 record, including a victory over Nebraska Wesleyan in the 1947 Will Rogers Bowl.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Whittier
W 13–0[3]
October 5at Arizona State
L 13–12[4]
October 12at Redlands
W 20–75,000[5]
October 18at Loyola (CA)
W 21–67,000[6]
October 26at Pomona[note 1]
W 19–6[7]
November 9Cal Poly
W 28–187,000[8]
November 16at Humboldt State
W 19–6[9]
November 27Caltech
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
W 32–0[10]
January 1vs. Nebraska Wesleyan
W 38–13800[11]
  • Homecoming

Notes

  1. ^ What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team played using just the Pomona College name from 1893 to 1949. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.

References

  1. ^ "Pepperdine Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Pepperdine Defeats Whittier in Debut". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. September 29, 1946. p. 26. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pepperdine Nudged by Tempe". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 6, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Redlands Loses To Pepperdine". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 13, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Loyola Falls To Pepperdine". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 20, 1946. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Scrappy Pepperdine Waves Nudge Pomona". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 27, 1946. p. 23. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Pepperdine Waves Win Over Cal Poly". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 10, 1946. p. 23. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Pepperdine Trips Humboldt State Gridders 19 to 6". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 17, 1946. p. 27. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Pepperdine Receives Bid to Bowl Game". The Bakersfield Californian. Bakersfield, California. November 28, 1946. p. 11. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Plainsmen Fall 38-13". Lincoln Star. January 2, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved January 2, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.