The 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the first season for the Brooklyn Dodgers football team and also the inaugural season of the All-America Football Conference. The team compiled a 3–10–1 record.
In October 1945, team co-owners William D. Cox and Gerald Smith announced that the new Brooklyn football team would play its home games at Ebbets Field and that they had signed Mal Stevens as head coach and Glenn Dobbs and Bill Daley to play in the backfield.
Stevens resigned as the Dodgers head coach in October 1946 after the team posted a 1–4–1 record in its first six games. Assistant coach Tom Scott took over on an interim basis after Stevens' resignation. Cliff Battles was hired as the new head coach on November 1, 1946.
The team's statistical leaders included halfback Glenn Dobbs with 1,886 passing yards, 208 rushing yards, and end Saxon Judd with 443 receiving yards. Dobbs and guard/fullback Phil Martinovich tied for the team scoring lead with 36 points each. Dobbs' total of 1,886 passing yards also led the AAFC.
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 8 at Buffalo Bisons W 27–14 1–0 Civic Stadium Recap 2 at Los Angeles Dons L 14–20 1–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap 3 September 22 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–32 1–2 Kezar Stadium Recap 4 Bye 5 at Cleveland Browns L 7–26 1–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium Recap 6 Chicago Rockets T 21–21 1–3–1 Ebbets Field Recap 7 at New York Yankees L 10–21 1–4–1 Yankee Stadium Recap 8 Miami Seahawks W 30–7 2–4–1 Ebbets Field Recap 9 at Chicago Rockets W 21–14 3–4–1 Soldier Field Recap 10 November 10 Buffalo Bisons L 14–17 3–5–1 Ebbets Field Recap 11 November 17 Los Angeles Dons L 14–19 3–6–1 Ebbets Field Recap 12 November 24 San Francisco 49ers L 14–30 3–7–1 Ebbets Field Recap 13 New York Yankees L 7–21 3–8–1 Ebbets Field Recap 14 December 8 Cleveland Browns L 14–66 3–9–1 Ebbets Field Recap 15 Miami Seahawks L 20–31 3–10–1 Miami Orange Bowl Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Division standings
Roster Brooklyn Dodgers 1946 rosterBacks 72 Charlie Armstrong RB/CB 81 Mickey Colmer CB/RB 93 Harry Connolly RB/S 90 Glenn Dobbs RB/S/P 71 Monk Gafford CB/RB 73 Dub Jones FB/LB 60 Lew Mayne CB/RB 61 Walt MacDonald LB/FB 94 Dom Principe FB 83 Rhoten Shetley FB/LB 80 Doyle Tackett S/RB 91 Charlie Timmons RB 92 Art Van Tone CB/RB
Ends/Receivers 54 O'Neal Adams 55 Joe Davis 53 Saxon Judd 51 Bob McCain 51 Jim McCarthy K
rookies in italics Linemen/Linebackers 31 George Bernhardt MG/G 33 Harry Buffington G/LB 42 Nick Daukas T/DT 34 Jack Freeman LB/G 22 Joe Gibson LB/C 41 Ed Mieszkowski T/DT 21 Russ Morrow C/LB 35 Vic Obeck G 40 George Perpich T 43 Martin Ruby T/DT 30 George Sergienko T/G 20 Tex Warrington C/LB
Special teams 45 Phil Martinovich K
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