1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
American college football season
| 1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football | |
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| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–6 (3–3 MAA) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Louisville Municipal | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Wilberforce State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Kentucky State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Lincoln (MO) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilberforce | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philander Smith | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach C. Randy Taylor, the team compiled a 4–6 record (3–3 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 112.[2] The team was ranked No. 22 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3] The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | Philander Smith |
| W 57–0 | [4] | |||
| October 4 | at Wilberforce State |
| L 6–34 | 8,000 | [5] | ||
| October 11 | West Virginia State* |
| L 9–13 | ||||
| October 18 | Lincoln (MO) |
| W 19–12 | 5,000 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | Wilberforce | Wilberforce, OH | W 46–0 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | Florida A&M* |
| L 12–14 | [8] | |||
| November 8 | at Louisville Municipal |
| L 0–6 | > 4,000 | [9] | ||
| November 15 | Morris Brown* |
| W 12–0 | ||||
| November 22 | at Bluefield State* | Bluefield, WV | L 0–12 | [10] | |||
| November 27 | at Tennessee A&I | Nashville, TN | L 13–20 | [11] | |||
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References
- ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky State Blanks Philander Smith, 54-0". Alabama Tribune. October 3, 1947. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wilberforce State Wins At Cleveland". Dayton Daily News. October 5, 1947. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.(contemporary newspaper accounts record the game as a win, but College Football Data Warehouse records it as a forfeit by Wilberforce State)
- ^ "K.S.C. Beats Lincoln 19-12". The Courier-Journal. October 19, 1947. p. IV-6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky State Romps". Mansfield News-Journal. October 26, 1947. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rattlers Eke Out 14-12 Win". The Tallahassee News-Democrat. November 2, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "4,000 See Municipal Tip Kentucky State 6-0". The Courier-Journal. November 9, 1947. p. IV-6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Touted Kentucky State Upset By Bluefield, 12-0". The Courier-Journal. November 23, 1947. p. IV-6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&I Notches 10th Victory, Claims Crown". The Nashville Tennessean. November 28, 1947. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
