1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team
Appearance
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Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
Record | 8–2 (2–1 MAA) |
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Home stadium | University Stadium |
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No. 2 Lincoln (MO) + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Texas Southern + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Tennessee A&I | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Grambling | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Central State (OH) | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Kentucky State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1952 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 255 to 77.[2] The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 4 black college football team for 1952 with a score of 24.43, behind only Florida A&M (25.57), Virginia State (24.57), and Lincoln of Missouri (24.51).[3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 19 | vs. Lincoln (MO) |
| L 12–20 | [4] | |||
September 27 | at Virginia State* |
| L 0–6 | 4,000 | [5] | ||
October 3 | Langston* | Nashville, TN | W 34–0 | ||||
October 11 | at Allen* | Columbia, SC | W 41–6 | ||||
October 17 | West Virginia State* |
| W 22–7 | 4,000 | [6] | ||
October 24 | Central State (OH) | Nashville, TN | W 35–0 | [7] | |||
October 31 | North Carolina College* |
| W 28–26 | [8] | |||
November 15 | at Morris Brown* | Atlanta, GA | W 26–0 | 5,000 | [9] | ||
November 22 | at Kentucky State | Frankfort, KY | W 13–0 | [10] | |||
November 27 | Virginia Union* | Nashville, TN | W 44–12 | [11] | |||
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References
- ^ "Press Syndicate Rates Fla. Top Eleven". Baltimore Afro-American. December 20, 1952. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "Florida A. & M. Declared 1952 Nat'l Grid Champs". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 20, 1952. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lincoln University Wins: Tennessee A&I Bested In Negro Grid Game". The Commercial Appeal. September 20, 1952. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia State Trojans Belie Underdog Rating, Beat Tennesseans, 6-0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 28, 1952. p. 6D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gray Leads A&I to Win". The Nashville Tennessean. October 18, 1952. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&I Rips Central Of Ohio, 35-0". Nashville Banner. October 25, 1952. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee State Nips North Carolina, 28-26". Nashville Banner. November 1, 1952. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&I Trounces Morris Brown". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1952. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky State Loses". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 23, 1952. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A&I Swamps Union, 44-12". The Nashville Banner. November 28, 1952. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2022.