The 1946 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the

1946 college football season The 1946 college football season was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six C ...

. In their fifth season under head coach

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, the Broncos compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored their opponents, 158 to 100. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in

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. Tackle Clinton Brown was the team captain. Halfback Allen Bush received the team's most outstanding player award. Western Michigan was ranked at No. 97 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.

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