1947 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team information
American college football season
1947Tuskegee Golden Tigers football
Conference
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record
6–4–1 (3–2–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Cleveland Abbott (25th season)
Home stadium
Alumni Bowl
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v
t
e
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.
^"Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Tuskegee Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
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