1946 Maryland Terrapins football team
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The 1946 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland
in National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) college football
in its 26th season
as a member of the Southern Conference
. Clark Shaughnessy
, who had previously served as head coach in 1942, returned for his second and final season at Maryland.
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
in National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
in its 26th season
1946 college football season
The 1946 college football season finished with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame crowned as the national champion in the AP Poll, with the United States Military Academy the runner up...
as a member of the Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
. Clark Shaughnessy
Clark Shaughnessy
Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the...
, who had previously served as head coach in 1942, returned for his second and final season at Maryland.
Personnel
The Maryland roster for the 1946 season consisted of the following players:- Robert Andrus
- Randolph Bishop
- Harry BonkHarry BonkHarry Bonk is an American former football player. He played college football as a fullback for the University of Maryland from 1945 to 1948, and for Dartmouth College and Bucknell University in 1944...
- Paul Broglio
- Eddie Chovanes
- Robert Crosland
- Fred Davis
- Joseph Drach
- Francis Evans
- Walter Fehr
- Emile FritzEmile FritzEmile Fritz, Jr. was an American football player. Fritz was selected in the thirteenth round of the 1947 NFL Draft.In the late 1930s, Fritz attended Vanderbilt University, where he played on the football team as a guard. He then served overseas in the United States military for 25 months, before...
- Lu GambinoLu GambinoLucien Anthony "Lu" Gambino was an American football running back. He played college football for Indiana University, and after military service in the Second World War, the University of Maryland...
- Jim Goodman
- Fred Jackson
- Robert James
- Richard Johnston
- Eugene Kinney
- Jim Kurz
- Paul Massey
- Patrick McCarthy
- Tommy MontTommy MontThomas Allison "Tommy" Mont is an American educator, university administrator, college football coach, and NFL player. He played quarterback for the Washington Redskins as a back-up behind Sammy Baugh for three seasons. Mont served as the head football coach for three years at the University of...
- LaRoy Morter
- Al Phillips
- Bill Poling
- Edward Schwarz
- Vernon Seibert
- Emmett Shaughnessy
- George Simler
- Bernie Sniscak
- Adam Stuart
- Vic Turyn
- Jack Wright