1949 Tennessee A&I Tigers football | |
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MAA champion | |
Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
Record | 9–1 (4–0 MAA) |
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No. 4 Tennessee A&I $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Wilberforce State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Kentucky State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville Municipal | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lincoln (MO) | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 9–1 record, won the MAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 299 to 87. [2] The team was ranked fourth among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System. [3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 24 | at Lincoln (MO) | Jefferson City, MO | W 19–6 | [4] | |||
October 1 | at Langston* | Langston, OK | W 10–0 | 3,500 | [5] | ||
October 8 | Allen* | Nashville, TN | W 56–0 | ||||
October 15 | at West Virginia State* |
| L 21–25 | > 3,000 | [6] | ||
October 22 | Wilberforce State | Nashville, TN | W 28–7 | ||||
October 29 | at North Carolina College* | Durham, NC | W 19–18 | ||||
November 5 | at North Carolina A&T* | Greensboro, NC | W 19–18 | ||||
November 19 | at Louisville Municipal | Louisville, KY | W 52–0 | ||||
November 24 | Kentucky State | Nashville, TN | W 27–0 | ||||
December 3 | at Jackson |
| W 48–13 | [7] | |||
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