The Orangemen were led by head coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn, in his first and only year with the team.
Munn left to take the head coaching position at Michigan State, where he would later win several national titles.
[4] Miami reportedly invited Syracuse to replace Penn State.
This invitation was promptly declined and rebuked in an editorial in The Daily Orange, titled "No Thanks, Miami".
63 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.