The 1946 Miami Seahawks season was the inaugural season for the Miami Seahawks who played in the All-America Football Conference one season from 1946-1947. The teams head coach, Jack Meagher led the team to a 3–11 regular season finish, fourth out of the four teams in the Eastern Division and missing the playoffs.
The team's record holders include Marion Pugh with 608 passing yards, Jimmy Nelson with 163 rushing yards, Lamar Davis with 275 receiving yards, and Dick Erdlitz with 34 points scored (22 extra points, two field goals, and one touchdown).
Rookie guard Buddy Jungmichel was selected by both the United Press and the AAFC as a second-team guard on the 1946 All-AAFC football team.
Regular season
Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 at Cleveland Browns L 0–44 0–1 Cleveland Stadium Recap 2 September 15 at San Francisco 49ers L 14–21 0–2 Kezar Stadium Recap 3 September 20 at Los Angeles Dons L 14–30 0–3 L.A. Memorial Coliseum Recap 4 October 8 San Francisco 49ers L 7–34 0–4 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 5 October 11 at Buffalo Bisons W 17–14 1–4 Civic Stadium Recap 6 October 18 at Chicago Rockets L 7–28 1–5 Soldier Field Recap 7 October 25 at Brooklyn Dodgers L 7–30 1–6 Ebbets Field Recap 8 November 3 at New York Yankees L 21–24 1–7 Yankee Stadium Recap 9 November 11 Chicago Rockets L 7–20 1–8 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 10 November 18 Buffalo Bisons W 21–14 2–8 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 11 November 25 Los Angeles Dons L 21–34 2–9 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 12 December 3 Cleveland Browns L 0–34 2–10 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 13 December 9 New York Yankees L 0–31 2–11 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 14 December 13 Brooklyn Dodgers W 31–20 3–11 Miami Orange Bowl Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Roster Players shown in bold started at least one game at the position listed as confirmed by contemporary game coverage.
Miami Seahawks 1946 roster Quarterbacks QB Marion Pugh QB Cotton Price QB Jimmy Tarrant Ken Holley
Fullbacks FB Don Reece FB/LHB Dub Jones FB Pres Johnston FB Jim Reynolds FB Terry Fox FB Frank Trigilio FB/RHB Harry Hopp
Halfbacks LHB/RHB Jimmy Nelson RHB Dick Erdlitz LHB/RHB Monk Gafford LHB Kay Eakin RHB/FB Bob Paffrath LHB Stan Kozlowski LHB Cal Purdin Bill Daley Fred Gloden Walt McDonald Fondren Mitchell Stan Stasica Johnny Vardian Ends LE Hub Ulrich RE Lamar Blount RE Prince Scott LE/QB/LHB Lamar Davis LE/RE Dick Horne LE Terry Fox Hamp Pool
Tackles LT/RT Mitchell Olenski RT/LT/LE Gene Ellenson RT/LT George Hekkers RT/LG Bill Davis Paul Berezney Frank Hrabetin
Guards LG/RG Chuck Taylor RG/LG Buddy Jungmichel LG Jim Sivell Ed Bell Joe Krivonak George Zorich
Centers C Ken Whitlow C Daryl Cato C Al Wukits John Tavener Tex Williams
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