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American college football season
The 1947 Lincoln Blue Tigers football team was an
American football team that represented
Lincoln University of Missouri in the
Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the
1947 college football season. In its third year under head coach
David D. Rains, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and was ranked No. 13 among the nation's black college football teams according to the
Pittsburgh Courier and its
Dickinson Rating System.
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[3] The team played its home games at Lincoln Field in
Jefferson City, Missouri.
Schedule
References
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"Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Lincoln Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from
the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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"Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"L.M.C. Held To 0-0 Tie By Lincoln". The Courier-Journal. October 5, 1947. p. IV-5 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Lincoln U. Tops Langston 13-6 in An Aerial Battle". The Sunday News and Tribune. October 12, 1947. p. 13 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"K.S.C. Beats Lincoln 19-12". The Courier-Journal. October 19, 1947. p. IV-6 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"'Force Wins, 32-6". Dayton Daily News. November 2, 1947. p. Sports 5 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Lincoln U. Shades Lane College, 6 to 0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 9, 1947 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"A&I Clinch Negro Grid Crown". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1947. p. 3C – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Two Long Runs Give Arkansas State 12-6 Victory Over Lincoln". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 23, 1947. p. 2F – via
Newspapers.com.