1948 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

American college football season

1948 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
Conference	Midwest Athletic Association
Record	5–3–1 (2–2 MAA)
Head coach	Henry Kean (5th season)
Home stadium	Sulphur Dell
Seasons← 1947 1949 →

1948 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Wilberforce State $	3	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 6 Kentucky State	2	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee A&I	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Lincoln (MO)	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	3	–	2
Louisville Municipal	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at Alcorn A&M*	Alcorn, MS	W 48–0
October 1	Langston*	Nashville, TN	W 45–0
October 9	at Allen*	Columbia, SC	W 27–2
October 15	West Virginia State*	Sulphur Dell Nashville, TN	T 6–6
October 23	vs. Wilberforce State	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC (National Classic)	L 7–26	13,007
October 29	North Carolina College*	Sulphur Dell Nashville, TN	L 6–7
November 13	Lincoln (MO)	Nashville, TN	W 32–0
November 20	at Kentucky State	Frankfort, KY	L 0–19
November 25	Louisville Municipal	Nashville, TN	W 34–7
*Non-conference game

""Southern Continues to Show Grid Supremacy"". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 11, 1948. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tennessee State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
"A&I Tigers Romp 40-0". The Nashville Tennessean. September 26, 1948. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
"A&I Gridders Crush Langston". The Nashville Tennessean. October 3, 1948. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
"West Virginians Limit Tigers To 6-6 Dogfall". The Nashville Tennessean. October 16, 1948. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
"Wilberforce Routs Tennessee State". Sunday Star. Washington, D.C. October 24, 1948. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
"Wilberforce Power Humbles Tennessee State 26-7". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 30, 1948. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
"A&I Tigers Lose 7 to 6". The Nashville Tennessean. October 30, 1948. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
"A&I Wallops Lincoln 32-0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 14, 1948. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
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.
"Tennessee State Tops Louisville 34-7". The Nashville Tennessean. November 26, 1948. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Tennessee State Tigers football
Venues	Sulphur Dell Dudley Field/Vanderbilt Stadium (alternate, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979–1990, 1994, 1996) Hale Stadium (1953–1998, 2012–2020) Nissan Stadium (1999–2019, 2021–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin: Sgt. York Trophy Jackson State: Southern Heritage Classic
Culture & lore	Tigre
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1916 1917–1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold