1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

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1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association t
1952 record8–2 (– MAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →

The 1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team 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.[1] 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).[2] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. Lincoln (MO)Memphis, TNL 12–20
September 27at Virginia StatePetersburg, VAL 0–6
October 3LangstonNashville, TNW 34–0
October 11at AllenColumbia, SCW 41–6
October 17West Virginia StateNashville, TNW 22–7
October 24Central StateNashville, TNW 35–0
October 31North Carolina CollegeNashville, TNW 28–26
November 15at Morris BrownAtlanta, GAW 26–0
November 22at Kentucky StateFrankfort, KYW 13–0
November 27Virginia UnionNashville, TNW 44–12

References[]

  1. ^ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Florida A. & M. Declared 1952 Nat'l Grid Champs". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 20, 1952. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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