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1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record9–2 (2–1 MAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Wilberforce State $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
No. 4 Tennessee A&I 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Lincoln (MO) 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier[1]

The 1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1950 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 267 to 80.[2] The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 4 black college football team for 1950 with a score of 25.56, behind only Florida A&M (28.76), Southern (28.50), and Maryland State (2800).[3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Lincoln (MO)Nashville, TNW 20–0
September 30Langston*Nashville, TNL 6–13
October 7at Allen*Columbia, SCW 26–6[4]
October 14West Virginia State*Nashville, TNW 13–2
October 20vs. Wilberforce StateChicago, ILL 0–6
October 28North Carolina College*Nashville, TNW 27–20
November 3vs. North Carolina A&T*
W 27–1320,000[5]
November 11at Morris Brown*Atlanta, GAW 14–0
November 18at Kentucky StateFrankfort, KYW 45–13
November 23Grambling*daggerNashville, TNW 55–75,000[6]
December 1at Jackson*Jackson, MS (Mid South Classic)W 34–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "The Final Dickinson Rating Standings of Grid Teams". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 2, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Final Dickinson Rating Standings of Grid Teams". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 2, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tennessee Comes Back; Stops Allen". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 14, 1950. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bill Nunn Jr. (November 11, 1950). "Tennessee's Lightning Attack Takes Its Toll on A&T Aggies: Tigers' Rally Wins Capital Classic". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tennessee State routs Grambling Tigers, 55 to 7". Alabama Tribune. December 1, 1950. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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