1951 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1951 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MWAA) during the 1951 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 93.[2] The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 3 black college football team for 1951 with a score of 23.71, behind only Florida A&M (24.71) and Morris Brown (24.43).[3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record8–2 (2–1 MWAA)
Headcoach
- Henry Kean (8th season)
HomestadiumSulphur Dell
| 1951 Tennessee A&I Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–2 (2–1 MWAA) |
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| Home stadium | Sulphur Dell |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Central State (OH) $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Tennessee A&I | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Lincoln (MO) | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | vs. Lincoln (MO) |
| W 26–21 | 3,500 | [4] | |||
| September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at Langston* |
| W 28–2 | 3,000 | [5][6] | ||
| October 5 | Allen* | W 32–0 | 5,000 | [7] | ||||
| October 13 | at West Virginia State* | Institute, WV | W 23–13 | [8] | ||||
| October 20 | at Central State (OH) | Wilberforce, OH | L 7–19 | 3,000 | [9] | |||
| October 27 | at North Carolina College* |
| L 6–7 | 6,000 | [10] | |||
| November 9 | Morris Brown* |
| W 13–12 | [11] | ||||
| November 17 | at Grambling* |
| W 30–13 | [12] | ||||
| November 22 | Kentucky State |
| W 13–6 | 8,000 | [13] | |||
| November 30 | at Jackson* |
| W 25–0 | [14] | ||||
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