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1946 Southeastern Louisiana Lions Football Team
The 1946 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team was an American football team that represented Southeastern Louisiana College (now known as Southeastern Louisiana University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ned McGehee, the Lions compiled a 9–0 record, won the LIC championship, defeated in the second annual Burley Bowl game, and outscored opponents by a total of 236 to 46. Southeastern Louisians ranked eighth nationally among small-college teams with an average of 298.4 yards per game in total offense. It also ranked ninth nationally in total defense, giving up an average of only 142.7 yards per game. The team featured two brothers from Massachusetts, Albert and Louis Romboli, playing at the halfback position. During the fall of 1946, there were over 1,000 persons enrolled at Southeastern Louisiana, of which 70% were men. The football team had over 50 players. Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
The Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1939 to 1947, and featured institutions located in the state of Louisiana. The conference sponsored the following sports during its existence: football, track, tennis, and basketball. Members ;Notes: Football champions *1939 – Louisiana Normal *1940 – Southwestern Louisiana *1941 – Louisiana Tech *1942 – *1943 – ''No champion'' *1944 – Southwestern Louisiana *1945 – Louisiana Tech *1946 – Southeastern Louisiana *1947 – Louisiana Tech See also * List of defunct college football conferences This is a list of defunct college football conferences in the United States and a defunct university football conference in Canada. Not all of the conferences listed here are truly defunct. Some simply stopped sponsoring football and continue under ... References {{Reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton, Mississippi
Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 28,100 at the 2020 United States census. History Founded in 1823, Clinton was originally known as Mt. Salus, which means "Mountain of health". It was named for the plantation home of Walter Leake, third governor of Mississippi, which was located in Clinton and built in 1812. The road east from Vicksburg was completed to Mount Salus and the federal government located the district land office at Mount Salus in 1822. The original federal survey in 1822 references a spring called "Swafford's Spring" at the site of the town. In 1828, the city changed its name to Clinton in honor of DeWitt Clinton, the former governor of New York who led completion of the Erie Canal. The first road through Mount Salus/Clinton was the Natchez Trace, improved from a centuries-old Native American path. Currently Clinton has three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southeastern Louisiana Lions Football Seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Southeastern Louisiana's first football team was fielded in 1930. Southeastern Louisiana originally competed as a football independent, before going on to compete in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Gulf States Conference, Gulf South Conference, and Gulf Star Conference. Following the 1985 season, Southeastern Louisiana's football team was discontinued for seventeen seasons, before being reinstated as a Division I-AA team in 2003. Southeastern Louisiana competed as a Division I-AA Independent team for two seasons before joining the I-AA's Southland Conference in 2005, of which it has been a member since. Seasons :''Statistics correct as of the end of the 2018-19 college football season'' References {{Southland Conference football team seasons Southeastern Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Football Season
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. Johnson City is the principal city of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which covers Carter, Unicoi, and Washington counties and had a combined population of 200,966 as of 2013. The MSA is also a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, Tennessee–Virginia Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. This CSA is the fifth-largest in Tennessee with an estimated 500,530 residents. History William Bean, traditionally recognized as Tennessee's first white settler, built his cabin along Boone's Creek near Johnson City in 1769. In the 1780s, Colonel John Tipton (1730–1813) established a farm (now the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site) just outside what is now Johnson Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County. The city population was 45,989 at the 2010 census, with the population now being 48,730 in 2020. Hattiesburg is the principal city of the Hattiesburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses Covington, Forrest, Lamar, and Perry counties. The city is located in the Pine Belt region. Development of the interior of Mississippi by European Americans took place primarily after the American Civil War. Before that time, only properties along the major rivers were developed as plantations. Founded in 1882 by civil engineer William H. Hardy, Hattiesburg was named in honor of Hardy's wife Hattie. The town was incorporated two years later with a population of 400. Hattiesburg's population first expanded as a center of the lumber and railroad industries, from which was derived the nickname "The Hub City" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faulkner Field
MM Roberts Stadium, also known as "The Rock", is an American football stadium located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is the home of The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles football team. History The stadium was originally opened on October 29, 1932 as "Faulkner Field", with a wooden grandstand which held 4,000 spectators at the time. It was named for local businessman L.E. Faulkner, who financed the materials and equipment for the stadium, which was built for free by local unemployed workers during the Great Depression. In 1938, permanent concrete stands which also housed dormitory space for student-athletes were built on the east side of the field, with the help of Southern Miss football players hauling the concrete. It was from this (hauling concrete blocks) that the stadium received the nickname "The Rock" (in reference to prison work crews—none of which were used to build the stadium). The stadium was expanded again in 1950, when the 7,500-seat West Stadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners Football Team
The 1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) in the 1946 college football season. The team played in the Bacardi Bowl against the University of Havana The University of Havana or (UH, ''Universidad de La Habana'') is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, the capital of the Republic of Cuba. Founded on January 5, 1728, the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the firs .... Mississippi Southern was ranked at No. 64 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946. Schedule After the season The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Southerner was selected. References Mississippi Southern Southern Miss Golden Eagles football seasons Mississippi Southern Southerners football {{collegefootball-1940s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Jacksonville State Eagle Owls Football Team
The 1946 Jacksonville State Eagle Owls football team represented Jacksonville State Teachers College (now known as Jacksonville State University) as a member of the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) during the 1946 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Don Salls, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 3–5–1 with a mark of 1–1–1 in conference play. Schedule References Jacksonville State Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degrees ... Jacksonville State Gamecocks football seasons Jacksonville State Eagle Owls football {{collegefootball-1940s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruston, Louisiana
Ruston is a small city and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the largest city in the Eastern Ark-La-Tex region. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 21,859, reflecting an increase of 6.4 percent from the count of 20,546 counted in the 2000 Census. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Its economy is therefore based on its college population. Ruston hosts the annual Peach Festival. Ruston is the principal city of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lincoln Parish. History During the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War, word soon reached the young parish near what is now Ruston, that the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad would begin to run across north Louisiana, linking the Deep South with the West (the current operator is Kansas City Southern Railway). Robert Edwin Russ, the Lincoln Parish sheriff from 1877–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Football Team
The 1946 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference 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 sixth year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 7–3 record. Louisiana Tech was ranked at No. 78 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946. Schedule References Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football seasons Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football {{collegefootball-1940s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern State–Southeastern Louisiana Football Rivalry
The Northwestern State–Southeastern Louisiana football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Northwestern State Demons and the Southeastern Louisiana Lions. Both schools are members of the University of Louisiana System, and compete together as members of the Southland Conference. The two teams have met 67 times on the football field, and Southeastern Louisiana currently leads the all-time series 38–29. Game results See also * List of NCAA college football rivalry games This is a list of rivalry games in college football in the United States. The list also shows any trophy awarded to the winner of the rivalry between the teams. NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Northwestern State-Southeastern Louisiana football rivalry College football rivalries in the United States Northwestern State Demons football Southeastern Louisiana Lions football 1935 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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