1947 Lincoln Lions football team

1947 Lincoln Lions football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–4–1 (3–3–1 CIAA)
Head coach	Manuel Rivero (13th season)
Seasons ←  1946 1948 →

1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Shaw $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Virginia State	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Hampton	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
No. 11 Howard	6	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Morgan State	5	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
No. 14 West Virginia State	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA)	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Delaware State	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Virginia Union	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Winston-Salem State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&T	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
North Carolina College	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Bluefield State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	0	–	5	–	1			0	–	5	–	1
Johnson C. Smith	0	–	2	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System. [1]

The 1947 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Manuel Rivero, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 120. ^[2] The Lions were ranked No. 19 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System. ^[3]

The team opened its season on September 20, 1947, with a game against Lock Haven State Teachers College in what was billed as "possibly the first regularly-scheduled football game anywhere between a Negro college and a predominantly-white institution." ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		at Lock Haven *	Lock Haven, PA	L 0–19	4,000	[5]
September 27	3:00 p.m.	at Fort Meade	Fort Meade, MD	W 32–0		[6]
October 4		Saint Paul's (VA)	Oxford, PA	W 35–0		[7]
October 11		at Delaware State	Wilmington, DE	W 20–7	2,000	[8]
October 18		at Virginia Union	Norfolk, VA	L 7–19	4,000	[9]
October 25		Morgan State	Oxford, PA	L 7–14	2,000	[10]
November 1		at Hampton	Armstrong Field Hampton, VA	T 0–0
November 8		Fisk *	Oxford, PA	W 42–0
November 15		at Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem, NC	W 21–6
November 27		Howard	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–29	13,000	[11]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "2010 Lincoln University of PA Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lincoln University. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
3. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 15, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lock Haven TC Opens Season Tomorrow: Lincoln University Is For For Inter-Racial Contest At LHHS Field". The Lock Haven Express. September 19, 1947. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lock Haven Wins As Teufel Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1947. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Fort Meade Books Lincoln". The Evening Sun . Baltimore, Marylabd. September 23, 1947. p. 23. Retrieved July 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Lincoln Smothers St. Paul Poly., 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Lincoln Defeats Del. State, 20-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Union Clips Lincoln's Win Streak". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Morgan Rallies, Beats Lincoln". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1947. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Howard Victor Over Lincoln, 29-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.