1954 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

The 1954 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 10–1 record, won the MAA championship, lost to North Carolina Central in the National Classic, and outscored all opponents by a total of 330 to 70.[1]

1954 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
National Classic, L 6–19 vs. North Carolina College
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
1954 record10–1 ( MAA)
Head coach

The team was selected by the "Pigskin Huddle" as the 1954 black college national champion.[2] The Pittsburgh Courier selected the Tigers as black college national co-champion in a five-way tie with four other teams.[3]

Coach Kean suffered a double heart attack following the team's December 4 game with North Carolina Central.[4] He did not return as the team's coach and died one year later in December 1955.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17vs. Lincoln (MO)Memphis, TNW 33–13
September 25at Virginia StatePetersburg, VAW 18–0
October 1LangstonNashville, TNW 14–0
October 9at AllenColumbia, SCW 21–2
October 16Paul QuinnNashville, TNW 74–6
October 23at Central StateWilberforce, OHW 40–0
October 29North Carolina CollegeNashville, TNW 13–3
November 6at Texas SouthernHouston, TXW 18–15
November 20at Kentucky StateFrankfort, KYW 34–12
November 25Bluefield StateNashville, TNW 59–0
December 4at North Carolina CollegeGreensboro, NC (National Classic)L 6–19

References
  1. "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  2. Luix Virgil Overbea (December 25, 1954). "Pigskin Huddle". The Afro-American. p. 16.
  3. "Five Teams Claim Nat'l Grid Crown After Gala Season". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 25, 1954. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Coach Kean resting after heart attack". The Afro-American. December 25, 1954. p. 9.
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