1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team
American college football season
1967 Alcorn A&M Braves football | |
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Black smaller college national champion SCAC champion | |
Conference | South Central Athletic Conference |
Record | 10–1 (7–0 SCAC) |
Head coach |
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The 1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M College as a member of the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach W. Felix Harris, Alcorn compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), shut out eight of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 79.[1] The team won the SCAC championship,[2] and was also ranked No. 1 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System.[3] The team played its home games in Alcorn, Mississippi.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 20 | Central Louisiana Trade School* |
| W 66–0 | ||||
September 26 | Rust |
| W 24–0 | ||||
October 4 | Philander Smith* | Alcorn, MS | W 20–0 | ||||
October 11 | at Southern Christian Institute | Vicksburg, MS | W 75–0 | [4] | |||
October 18 | Mississippi Industrial | Alcorn, MS | W 19–0 | [5] | |||
October 25 | at Jackson State |
| W 13–0 | 5,000 | [6] | ||
November 1 | Tougaloo | Alcorn, MS | W 7–0 | [7] | |||
November 8 | at Tennessee A&I* | L 7–66 | [8] | ||||
November 15 | Tillotson* | Fort Gibbons, MS | W 14–6 | [9] | |||
November 25 | at Leland | Baton Rouge, LA | W 26–7 | [10] | |||
Okolona Industrial School | W 56–0 | [1] | |||||
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References
- ^ a b "Alcorn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Alcorn Awarded SCAC Grid Title". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 27, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn Braves Top Southern Christian Institute, 75-0". Alabama Tribune. October 17, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn Wins Fifth Straight". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jackson College Bows To Alcorn". Clarion-Ledger. October 29, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn Ekes Tougaloo 7-0 For 7th Win". Alabama Tribune. November 7, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee State Rolls Over Alcorn Team". Nashville Banner. November 8, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn Defeats Tillotson, 13-6". The Austin Sunday American-Statesman. November 16, 1947. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn Braves Trip Leland College 26-7". Alabama Tribune. November 28, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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