1947 Lincoln Lions football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4–1 (3–3–1 CIAA)
Head coach
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 1 09 1 0
No. 4 Hampton 5 1 17 2 1
No. 11 Howard 6 2 16 2 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 2 15 2 1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 1 16 3 1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 3 15 4 1
Delaware State 4 3 04 4 0
Virginia Union 3 5 04 5 0
Winston-Salem State 3 3 06 3 0
North Carolina A&T 1 5 11 5 1
North Carolina College 2 6 02 7 0
Bluefield State 1 5 03 6 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 5 10 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 2 11 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Manuel Rivero, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 120.[2] The Lions were ranked No. 19 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

The team opened its season on September 20, 1947, with a game against Lock Haven State Teachers College in what was billed as "possibly the first regularly-scheduled football game anywhere between a Negro college and a predominantly-white institution."[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Lock Haven*Lock Haven, PAL 0–194,000[5]
September 273:00 p.m.at Fort MeadeFort Meade, MDW 32–0[6]
October 4Saint Paul's (VA)Oxford, PAW 35–0[7]
October 11at Delaware StateWilmington, DEW 20–72,000[8]
October 18at Virginia UnionNorfolk, VAL 7–194,000[9]
October 25Morgan StateOxford, PAL 7–142,000[10]
November 1at Hampton
T 0–0
November 8Fisk*Oxford, PAW 42–0
November 15at Winston-SalemWinston-Salem, NCW 21–6
November 27HowardL 0–2913,000[11]

References

  1. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "2010 Lincoln University of PA Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lincoln University. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 15, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lock Haven TC Opens Season Tomorrow: Lincoln University Is For For Inter-Racial Contest At LHHS Field". The Lock Haven Express. September 19, 1947. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lock Haven Wins As Teufel Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1947. p. S5 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Fort Meade Books Lincoln". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. September 23, 1947. p. 23. Retrieved July 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "Lincoln Smothers St. Paul Poly., 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 4S via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lincoln Defeats Del. State, 20-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. 2S via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Union Clips Lincoln's Win Streak". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Morgan Rallies, Beats Lincoln". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1947. p. 6S via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Howard Victor Over Lincoln, 29-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 36 via Newspapers.com.
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