1948 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

The 1948 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 1948 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 205 to 67.[1]

1948 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record5–3–1 (2–2 MAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSulphur Dell

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Alcorn A&M*Alcorn, MSW 48–0[2]
October 1Langston*Nashville, TNW 45–0[3]
October 9at Allen*Columbia, SCW 27–2
October 15West Virginia State*
  • Sulphur Dell
  • Nashville, TN
T 6–6[4]
October 23vs. Wilberforce State
L 7–2613,007[5][6]
October 29North Carolina College*
L 6–7[7]
November 13Lincoln (MO)Nashville, TNW 32–0[8]
November 20at Kentucky StateFrankfort, KYL 0–19[9]
November 25Louisville MunicipalNashville, TNW 34–7[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  2. "A&I Tigers Romp 40-0". The Nashville Tennessean. September 26, 1948. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "A&I Gridders Crush Langston". The Nashville Tennessean. October 3, 1948. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "West Virginians Limit Tigers To 6-6 Dogfall". The Nashville Tennessean. October 16, 1948. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wilberforce Routs Tennessee State". Sunday Star. Washington, D.C. October 24, 1948. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Wilberforce Power Humbles Tennessee State 26-7". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 30, 1948. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "A&I Tigers Lose 7 to 6". The Nashville Tennessean. October 30, 1948. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "A&I Wallops Lincoln 32-0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 14, 1948. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Edward Q. Adams (November 21, 1948). "K.S.C. Gives Kean's Tigers 19-0 Lacing: First Thorobred Win Over Former Coach". The Courier-Journal. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tennessee State Tops Louisville 34-7". The Nashville Tennessean. November 26, 1948. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
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