1947 Southern Jaguars football team
The 1947 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the 1947 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 10–2 record, won the SWAC championship, shut out eight of 12 opponents, defeated Xavier (LA) in the Creole Classic and Fort Valley State in the Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 380 to 53.[2] The team played its home games at University Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
| 1947 Southern Jaguars football | |
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SWAC champion | |
Yam Bowl, W 46–0 vs. Fort Valley State | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| 1947 record | 10–2 (7–0 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | University Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Southern $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Prairie View A&M | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Texas College | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishop | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Wiley | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Southern ranked No. 8 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | Texas Southern* | W 51–0 | |||||
| October 4 | at Grambling* | Grambling, LA | L 6–21 | ||||
| October 11 | at Samuel Huston | Austin, TX | W 31–0 | ||||
| October 18 | Arkansas AM&N |
| W 25–0 | ||||
| October 25 | at Langston | Langston, OK | W 13–0 | ||||
| November 1 | Texas College |
| W 35–7 | ||||
| November 8 | at Bishop | Dallas, TX | W 58–0 | ||||
| November 15 | Wiley |
| W 23–0 | ||||
| November 22 | at Florida A&M* | Tallahassee, FL | L 9–13 | ||||
| November 29 | Prairie View A&M |
| W 44–12 | ||||
| December 6 | at Xavier (LA)* | New Orleans, LA (Creole Classic) | W 39–0 | ||||
| December 25 | vs. Fort Valley State* |
| W 46–0 | 1,500 | [4] | ||
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References
- "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Southern Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Southern Sweeps Fort Valley 46-0". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 3, 1948. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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