The 1946 Pepperdine Waves football team was a college football team that represented George Pepperdine College (later renamed Pepperdine University) as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its first year of competition in college football, Pepperdine was led by head coach Warren Gaer, compiling an 8âÂÂ1 record, including a victory over Nebraska Wesleyan in the 1947 Will Rogers Bowl.