1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football team

The 1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Allen University of Columbia, South Carolina, in the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1946 college football season. William "Buster" Lawson and Hooks Nelson were the team's coaches. The team compiled an 8–2 record, won the SEAA championship and outscored opponents by a total of 244 to 43. The Yellow Jackets lost the first two games of the season and then won the remain eight games, including a victory over Fayetteville State in the Piedmont Tobacco Bowl.

1946 Allen Yellow Jackets football
SEAC champion
Piedmont Tobacco Bowl, W 40–6 vs. Fayetteville State
ConferenceSoutheastern Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (– SEAC)
Head coach
  • William "Buster" Lawson, Hooks Nelson
1946 Southeastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Allen $ 4 0 08 2 0
No. 12 Bethune–Cookman 1 1 18 1 1
Florida N&I 1 1 16 3 1
Paine 1 2 04 2 1
Claflin 0 3 01 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

The Dickinson System rated Allen as the No. 11 black college football team for 1946.

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