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]
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Conference | Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 5–4–1 (3–3–1 CIAA) |
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No. 5 Shaw $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Virginia State | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Hampton | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Howard | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Morgan State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 West Virginia State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Union | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winston-Salem State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina College | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bluefield State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Paul's (VA) | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johnson C. Smith | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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September 20 | at Lock Haven* | Lock Haven, PA | L 0–19 | 4,000 | [5] | |||
September 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at Fort Meade | Fort Meade, MD | W 32–0 | [6] | |||
October 4 | Saint Paul's (VA) | Oxford, PA | W 35–0 | [7] | ||||
October 11 | at Delaware State | Wilmington, DE | W 20–7 | 2,000 | [8] | |||
October 18 | at Virginia Union | Norfolk, VA | L 7–19 | 4,000 | [9] | |||
October 25 | Morgan State | Oxford, PA | L 7–14 | 2,000 | [10] | |||
November 1 | at Hampton |
| T 0–0 | |||||
November 8 | Fisk* | Oxford, PA | W 42–0 | |||||
November 15 | at Winston-Salem | Winston-Salem, NC | W 21–6 | |||||
November 27 | Howard | L 0–29 | 13,000 | [11] | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2010 Lincoln University of PA Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lincoln University. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 15, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lock Haven Wins As Teufel Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1947. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fort Meade Books Lincoln". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. September 23, 1947. p. 23. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Lincoln Smothers St. Paul Poly., 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lincoln Defeats Del. State, 20-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Union Clips Lincoln's Win Streak". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morgan Rallies, Beats Lincoln". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1947. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Howard Victor Over Lincoln, 29-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.