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1923 Howard Bison football team

Not to be confused with 1923 Howard Bulldogs football team.
1923 Howard Bison football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–0–1 (3–0–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia Union $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
Howard 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Hampton 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Virginia Normal 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Lincoln (PA) 1 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
Saint Paul (VA) 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Virginia Seminary 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Shaw 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1923 Howard Bison football team was an American football team that represented Howard University during the 1923 college football season. In their first year under head coach Louis L. Watson, the Bison compiled a 7–0–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 96 to 19, and were recognized as the black college national champion.[1]

The championship game between Howard and Lincoln attracted 25,000 spectators, "the largest crowd in the history of colored football" to that time.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6North Carolina A&T*Washington, DCW 7–0
October 13Virginia SeminaryWashington, DCW 13–0
October 20Livingstone*Washington, DCW 15–0
October 27Morehouse*Washington, DCW 10–0
November 3Wilberforce*Washington, DCW 7–0
November 10Virginia Normal[note 1]Washington, DCW 19–7
November 17at HamptonHampton, VAW 19–6
November 29at Lincoln (PA)
T 6–625,000[2]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ^ Virginia State University was officially known at this time as the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute (V.N.I.I.).

References

  1. ^ "Howard Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "25,000 Enthusiasts Witness Annual Lincoln-Howard Game at Nat'l League Park, Phila". The New York Age. December 8, 1923. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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