1947 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MWAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the MWAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 293 to 58. The team was also recognized as black college national champion for the second consecutive season.[2]
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record10–0 (3–0 MWAA)
Headcoach
- Henry Kean (4th season)
HomestadiumSulphur Dell
| 1947 Tennessee A&I Tigers football | |
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Black college national champion MWAA champion | |
| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 10–0 (3–0 MWAA) |
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| Home stadium | Sulphur Dell |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Wilberforce State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Kentucky State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Lincoln (MO) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philander Smith | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilberforce | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Louisville Municipal | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tennessee A&I had an enrollment of 2,204 students in the fall of 1947.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | vs. Arkansas AM&N* | Memphis, TN | W 28–0 | 8,000 | [4] | ||
| September 27 | at Texas College* |
| W 34–0 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | at Langston* |
| W 33–0 | ||||
| October 10 | Allen* | W 26–0 | |||||
| October 18 | at West Virginia State* | Institute, WV | W 27–12 | ||||
| October 25 | Wilberforce State |
| W 14–7 | [6] | |||
| November 1 | at North Carolina College* | Durham, NC | W 21–6 | 4,500 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | Alcorn A&M* |
| W 66–7 | [8] | |||
| November 15 | at Lincoln (MO) | Jefferson City, MO | W 26–7 | [9] | |||
| November 27 | Kentucky State | Nashville, TN | W 20–13 | [10] | |||
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