1947 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team

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1947 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1947 record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Bowl
Seasons
 1946
1948 
1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Florida A&M $500  910
No. 10 South Carolina State 502  712
No. 15 Fort Valley State 401  711
No. 3 (small) LeMoyne 210  411
Tuskegee 321  641
No. 21 Clark (GA) 321  431
No. 18 Lane 220  650
Morehouse 340  350
Morris Brown 241  371
Knoxville 121  ---
Alabama State 252  ---
Fisk 131  ---
No. 7 (small) Alabama A&M 141  331
Xavier (LA) 021  ---
Benedict 032  ---
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System. [1]

The 1947 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tuskegee University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 25th season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 116. [2] The team played its home games at the Alumni Bowl in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 25th Infantry (Buffalo Soldiers) *
W 22–0 [3]
September 20 Philander Smith *
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
W 27–0
September 27 Grambling *
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
W 19–6
October 9vs. Clark (GA) W 13–0 [4]
October 10vs. Wilberforce State *L 6–2025,000 [5]
October 18at Hampton
L 0–19 [6]
October 24at Morehouse Columbus, GAW 31–7
November 1 Xavier (LA)
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
W 24–7 [7]
November 8 Florida A&M
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
L 6–19 [8]
November 15at South Carolina State
L 0–12
November 27at Alabama State T 26–2615,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tuskegee Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. "Tuskegee Defeats Army Eleven, 22-0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 14, 1947. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tuskegee Golden Tigers Top Clark Panthers, 13-0". Alabama Tribune. October 10, 1947. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wilberforce's Eleven Wins Negro Battle". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 1947. p. 21 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Pirates Stop Tuskegee 19-0". Daily Press. October 19, 1947. p. 12A via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tuskegee Claws Xavier, 24-7: Tuskegee Rolls On Rain-Soaked Field". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 8, 1947. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Florida Eyes SIAC Title: Rattlers Sting 'Skegee". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 15, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Alabama State Ties Tuskegee 26-26 in Last Minute". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.