In their 17th year under head coach Bob Higgins, the Nittany Lions compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 192 to 48.
[1] Penn State halfback Maderak was selected by the International News Service as a second-team player on the 1946 All-Eastern football team.
[2] The team voted to cancel a scheduled game against the Miami Hurricanes rather than playing without African American players.
The scheduled game against the Miami Hurricanes was cancelled in early November by unanimous vote of the Penn State team.
[3] Miami officials felt that Penn State fielding their African American players Wallace Triplett and Dennis Hoggard in Miami could have led to "unfortunate incidents",[14] and the team chose to cancel the game rather than playing without Triplett and Hoggard.