1947 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team

American college football season

1947 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SIAC)
Head coach
  • Cleveland Abbott (25th season)
Home stadiumAlumni Bowl
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Florida A&M $ 5 0 0 9 1 0
No. 10 South Carolina State 5 0 2 7 1 2
No. 15 Fort Valley State 4 0 1 7 1 1
No. 3 (small) LeMoyne 2 1 0 4 1 1
Tuskegee 3 2 1 6 4 1
No. 21 Clark (GA) 3 2 1 4 3 1
No. 18 Lane 2 2 0 6 5 0
Morehouse 3 4 0 3 5 0
Morris Brown 2 4 1 3 7 1
Knoxville 1 2 1 - - -
Alabama State 2 5 2 2 6 2
Fisk 1 3 1 - - -
No. 7 (small) Alabama A&M 1 4 1 3 5 1
Xavier (LA) 0 2 1 - - -
Benedict 0 3 2 2 4 3
  • $ – 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 1325th Infantry (Buffalo Soldiers)*
W 22–0[3]
September 20Philander Smith*
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
W 27–0
September 27Grambling*
  • 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 MorehouseColumbus, GAW 31–7
November 1Xavier (LA)
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
W 24–7[7]
November 8Florida A&M
  • Alumni Bowl
  • Tuskegee, AL
L 6–19[8]
November 15at South Carolina State
L 0–12
November 27at Alabama StateT 26–2615,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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 September 6, 2015. 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.
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