The 1946 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1946 college football season.
It was Pepperdine's first year of playing football.
The Waves were led by first-year head coach Warren Gaer.
Pepperdine finished the regular season 7–1 and defeated Nebraska Wesleyan in the 1947 Will Rogers Bowl.
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