1947 Grambling Tigers football team: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
→Schedule: link |
→Schedule: add stadium for Tuskegee game |
||
| (29 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|American college football season}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| year = 1947 |
| year = 1947 |
||
| team = Grambling Tigers |
| team = Grambling Tigers |
||
| |
| sport = football |
||
| image = |
|||
| image_size = |
|||
| conference = Independent |
| conference = Independent |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| short_conf = |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| conf_record = |
|||
| head_coach = [[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie Robinson]] |
| head_coach = [[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie Robinson]] |
||
| hc_year = 5th |
| hc_year = 5th |
||
| captain = |
|||
| stadium = |
| stadium = |
||
| champion = |
|||
| bowl = [[Vulcan Bowl]] |
| bowl = [[Vulcan Bowl]] |
||
| bowl_result = L 21–27 vs. |
| bowl_result = L 21–27 vs. [[1947 Wilberforce State Green Wave football team|Wilberforce State]] |
||
}} |
}} |
||
{{1947 Southern college football independents records}} |
|||
The '''1947 Grambling Tigers football team''' represented Grambling College (now known as [[Grambling State University]]) as an independent during the [[1947 college football season]]. In their fifth season under head coach [[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], the Tigers compiled an |
The '''1947 Grambling Tigers football team''' represented Grambling College (now known as [[Grambling State University]]) as an independent during the [[1947 college football season]]. In their fifth season under head coach [[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], the Tigers compiled an 10–2 record. In two post-season game, the Tigers defeated Bethune-Cookman in the Lions Bowl and lost to Central State in the [[Vulcan Bowl]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Grambling State Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 10, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/g/grambling_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905220144/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/g/grambling_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> |
||
Key players included back [[Paul "Tank" Younger]]. Younger became the first player from a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black college]] to play in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played 10 years in the NFL and was later inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]. |
|||
==Schedule== |
==Schedule== |
||
{{CFB schedule |
{{CFB schedule |
||
| attend = y |
|||
| source = y |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
|October 10|at|[[1947 Texas State Tigers football team|Texas State]]|[[Buffalo Stadium]]|[[Houston|Houston, TX]]|W 27-6|7,000|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-courier-grambling-rolls-o/128183383/|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|title=Grambling rolls over Texas State, 26 to 6|date=October 18, 1947|accessdate=July 13, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
|October 10|at|Texas Southern||[[Houston|Houston, TX]]|W 27-6 |
|||
|October 27|vs|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Bishop Tigers|title=Bishop}}|[[Independence Stadium (Shreveport)|State Fair Stadium]]|[[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport, LA]] ([[Red River State Fair Classic|State Fair Classic]])|W 20-6|8,000|<ref>{{cite web|title=Tigers Tops|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19471108&id=Zx0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vv0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6117,2786853&hl=en|work=Baltimore Afro-American (p. 15)|date=November 8, 1947}}</ref> |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
|October 25|at|Bishop||[[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport, LA]]|W 20-6 |
|||
|November 8||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Tillotson Eagles|title=Tillotson}}|Tiger Field|Grambling, LA|W 42-7||<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Collie J. |title=Younger Stars As Grambling Wins, 42 to 7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114280915/the-pittsburgh-courier/ |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Courier]] |location=[[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] |date=November 15, 1947 |page=14|access-date=December 7, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> |
|||
|October 31||Philander-Smith||Grambling, LA|W 40-0 |
|||
|November 15|at|[[1947 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team|Prairie View A&M]]||[[Prairie View, TX]]|W 13-0|| |
|||
|November 8||Tillotson|Tiger Field|Ruston, LA|W 42-7 |
|||
|November |
|November 22|vs|[[Butler College (Texas)|Butler (TX)]]|Tornado Stadium|[[Haynesville, Louisiana|Haynesville, LA]]|W 67-0|2,000| |
||
|December 5||[[1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team|Bethune–Cookman]]||Ruston, LA (Lions Bowl)|W 47-6|8,000|<ref>{{cite news|title=Younger Is Big Gun in Win For Grambling|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 13, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40378290/younger_is_big_gun_in_win_for_grambling/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
|||
|November 22|vs|Butler (TX)|Tornado Stadium|[[Haynesville, Louisiana|Haynesville, LA]]|W 67-0 |
|||
|January 1, 1948|vs|[[1947 Wilberforce State Green Wave football team|Wilberforce State]]|[[Rickwood Field]]|[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]] ([[Vulcan Bowl]])|L 21-27|8,500|<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilberforce Subdues Grambling in Hard Battle|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=January 10, 1948|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40378596/wilberforce_subdues_grambling_in_hard/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
|||
|December 5||Bethune-Cookman||Ruston, LA ([[Lions Bowl]])|W 47-6 |
|||
|January 1, 1948|vs|Central State||[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]] ([[Vulcan Bowl]])|L 21-27 |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
Latest revision as of 19:43, 24 October 2024
| 1947 Grambling Tigers football | |
|---|---|
Vulcan Bowl, L 21–27 vs. Wilberforce State | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 10–2 |
| Head coach |
|
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Anne | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling | – | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Southern | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic University | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CCUNC | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1947 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an 10–2 record. In two post-season game, the Tigers defeated Bethune-Cookman in the Lions Bowl and lost to Central State in the Vulcan Bowl.[1]
Key players included back Paul "Tank" Younger. Younger became the first player from a historically black college to play in the National Football League (NFL). He played 10 years in the NFL and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 20 | Fort Benning | Ruston, LA | W 53–0 | ||
| September 27 | at Tuskegee | L 6–19 | |||
| October 4 | Southern | Grambling, LA (rivalry) | W 21–6 | ||
| October 10 | at Texas State | W 27–6 | 7,000 | [2] | |
| October 18 | at Florida Normal | Jacksonville, FL | W 21–0 | ||
| October 27 | vs. Bishop | W 20–6 | 8,000 | [3] | |
| October 31 | Philander Smith | Grambling, LA | W 40–0 | ||
| November 8 | Tillotson |
| W 42–7 | [4] | |
| November 15 | at Prairie View A&M | Prairie View, TX | W 13–0 | ||
| November 22 | vs. Butler (TX) |
| W 67–0 | 2,000 | |
| December 5 | Bethune–Cookman | Ruston, LA (Lions Bowl) | W 47–6 | 8,000 | [5] |
| January 1, 1948 | vs. Wilberforce State | L 21–27 | 8,500 | [6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Grambling State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ "Grambling rolls over Texas State, 26 to 6". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 18, 1947. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Tops". Baltimore Afro-American (p. 15). November 8, 1947.
- ^ Nicholson, Collie J. (November 15, 1947). "Younger Stars As Grambling Wins, 42 to 7". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 14. Retrieved December 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
.
- ^ "Younger Is Big Gun in Win For Grambling". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 13, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wilberforce Subdues Grambling in Hard Battle". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 10, 1948. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.