1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

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1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
Conference Midwest Athletic Association
Record8–2 (2–1 MAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
←  1951
1953  →
1952 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Lincoln (MO) + 4 –0 –18 –0 –1
No. 3 Texas Southern + 2 –0 –110 –0 –1
No. 6 Tennessee A&I 2 –1 –08 –2 –0
No. 12 Grambling 1 –1 –17 –3 –1
No. 14 Central State (OH) 1 –2 –04 –4 –0
Jackson 0 –2 –13 –5 –1
No. 23 Kentucky State 0 –4 –04 –6 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Associated Negro Press [1]

The 1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1952 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 255 to 77. [2] The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 4 black college football team for 1952 with a score of 24.43, behind only Florida A&M (25.57), Virginia State (24.57), and Lincoln of Missouri (24.51). [3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. Lincoln (MO)
L 12–20 [4]
September 27at Virginia State *
L 0–64,000 [5]
October 3 Langston * Nashville, TN W 34–0
October 11at Allen * Columbia, SC W 41–6
October 17 West Virginia State *
  • University Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 22–74,000 [6]
October 24 Central State (OH) Nashville, TNW 35–0 [7]
October 31 North Carolina College *
  • University Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–26 [8]
November 15at Morris Brown * Atlanta, GA W 26–05,000 [9]
November 22at Kentucky State Frankfort, KY W 13–0 [10]
November 27 Virginia Union *Nashville, TNW 44–12 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

[12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Press Syndicate Rates Fla. Top Eleven". Baltimore Afro-American. December 20, 1952. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Florida A. & M. Declared 1952 Nat'l Grid Champs". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 20, 1952. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Lincoln University Wins: Tennessee A&I Bested In Negro Grid Game". The Commercial Appeal. September 20, 1952. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Virginia State Trojans Belie Underdog Rating, Beat Tennesseans, 6-0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 28, 1952. p. 6D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Gray Leads A&I to Win". The Nashville Tennessean. October 18, 1952. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "A&I Rips Central Of Ohio, 35-0". Nashville Banner. October 25, 1952. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tennessee State Nips North Carolina, 28-26". Nashville Banner. November 1, 1952. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "A&I Trounces Morris Brown". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1952. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Kentucky State Loses". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 23, 1952. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "A&I Swamps Union, 44-12". The Nashville Banner. November 28, 1952. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 11, 2022.
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