The 1946

1946 NFL season

The 1946 NFL season was the 27th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Elmer Layden resigned as NFL Commissioner and Bert Bell, co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, replaced him...

 Los Angeles Rams

St. Louis Rams

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 season was the team's ninth year with the National Football League

National Football League

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 and the first season in Los Angeles

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NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Transactions

On March 7, 1946, halfback Kenny Washington signed with the Rams. He was the first African-American player to sign with an NFL team post World War II. On May 7, 1946, Woody Strode would become the second African-American post World War II.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 29, 1946	Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 25-14
2	October 6, 1946	at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	W 21-17
3	October 13, 1946	at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	T 28-28
4	October 20, 1946	Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	W 35-14
5	October 27, 1946	at Chicago Cardinals	L 34-10
6	November 3, 1946	at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	W 41-20
7	November 10, 1946	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 27-21
8	November 17, 1946	Chicago Cardinals	W 17-14
9	November 24, 1946	at Boston Yanks Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox schedule were held at the Manning Bowl in Lynn, Massachusetts...	L 40-21
10	December 1, 1946	at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 31-21
11	December 8, 1946	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	W 38-17

Standings

NFL Western Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932...
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears 1946 Chicago Bears season The 1946 Chicago Bears season was their 27th regular season and 9th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 8-2-1 record under head coach George Halas making his return from World War II en route to a Western Division title and an appearance in the NFL Championship...	8	2	1	.800	289	193	W-1
Los Angeles Rams	6	4	1	.600	277	257	W-2
Chicago Cardinals 1946 Chicago Cardinals season The 1946 Chicago Cardinals season was the 27th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-9, winning six games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:...	6	5	0	.545	260	198	W-2
Green Bay Packers 1946 Green Bay Packers season The 1946 Green Bay Packers season was their 26th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-5 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a third-place finish in the Western Conference.-NFL Draft:...	6	5	0	.545	148	158	L-1
Detroit Lions 1946 Detroit Lions season The 1946 Detroit Lions season was their 17th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7-3, winning only one games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:...	1	10	0	.091	142	310	L-4