The 1946 Cornell Big Red football team was an

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team that represented

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in the

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during the

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. In its second season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored its opponents 135 to 115. Joe Martin was the team captain. Walter Kretz led Cornell and ranked 17th nationally with 602 rushing yards and averaged 6.76 yards per carry. Cornell was ranked at No. 38 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946. Cornell played its home games at

Schoellkopf Field Schoellkopf Field is a 21,500-capacity stadium at Cornell University's Ithaca campus that opened in 1915 and is used for the Cornell Big Red football, sprint football and lacrosse teams. It is located just north of Cascadilla Creek on the southe ...

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Schedule

After the season

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Big Red was selected.

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Cornell Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

Cornell Big Red football seasons

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