The 1946 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season.
Led by Robert White in his first and only season as head coach, the Thorobreds compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 77.
[1] In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Kentucky State at No.
19.
[2] The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky.