The 1946 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1946 college football season.
In their second season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 177 to 105.
[1] The Dickinson System rated West Virginia State as the No.
10 black college football team for 1946.
[2] The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.