1947 Lincoln Lions football team

The 1947 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Manuel Rivero, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 120.[2] The Lions were ranked No. 19 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

1947 Lincoln Lions football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4–1 (3–3–1 CIAA)
Head coach
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 4 Hampton 5 –1 –17 –2 –1
No. 11 Howard 6 –2 –16 –2 –1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 –2 –15 –2 –1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 –3 –15 –4 –1
Delaware State 4 –3 –04 –4 –0
Virginia Union 3 –5 –04 –5 –0
Winston-Salem State 3 –3 –06 –3 –0
North Carolina A&T 1 –5 –11 –5 –1
North Carolina College 2 –6 –02 –7 –0
Bluefield State 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 –5 –10 –5 –1
Johnson C. Smith 0 –2 –11 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The team opened its season on September 20, 1947, with a game against Lock Haven State Teachers College in what was billed as "possibly the first regularly-scheduled football game anywhere between a Negro college and a predominantly-white institution."[4]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Lock Haven*Lock Haven, PAL 0–194,000[5]
September 273:00 p.m.at Fort MeadeFort Meade, MDW 32–0[6]
October 4Saint Paul's (VA)Oxford, PAW 35–0[7]
October 11at Delaware StateWilmington, DEW 20–72,000[8]
October 18at Virginia UnionNorfolk, VAL 7–194,000[9]
October 25Morgan StateOxford, PAL 7–142,000[10]
November 1at Hampton
T 0–0
November 8Fisk*Oxford, PAW 42–0
November 15at Winston-SalemWinston-Salem, NCW 21–6
November 27Howard
L 0–2913,000[11]

References
  1. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "2010 Lincoln University of PA Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lincoln University. 2010. p. 42. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 15, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lock Haven TC Opens Season Tomorrow: Lincoln University Is For For Inter-Racial Contest At LHHS Field". The Lock Haven Express. September 19, 1947. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lock Haven Wins As Teufel Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1947. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Fort Meade Books Lincoln". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Marylabd. September 23, 1947. p. 23. Retrieved July 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Lincoln Smothers St. Paul Poly., 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lincoln Defeats Del. State, 20-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1947. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Union Clips Lincoln's Win Streak". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Morgan Rallies, Beats Lincoln". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1947. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Howard Victor Over Lincoln, 29-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
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