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1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record9–2 (2–1 MAA)
Head coach
Seasons← 19491951 →
1950 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Wilberforce State $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
No. 4 Tennessee A&I 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Lincoln (MO) 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier

The 1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1950 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 267 to 80. The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 4 black college football team for 1950 with a score of 25.56, behind only Florida A&M (28.76), Southern (28.50), and Maryland State (2800). The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Lincoln (MO)Nashville, TNW 20–0
September 30Langston*Nashville, TNL 6–13
October 7at Allen*Columbia, SCW 26–6
October 14West Virginia State*Nashville, TNW 13–2
October 20vs. Wilberforce StateChicago, ILL 0–6
October 28North Carolina College*Nashville, TNW 27–20
November 3vs. North Carolina A&T*W 27–1320,000
November 11at Morris Brown*Atlanta, GAW 14–0
November 18at Kentucky StateFrankfort, KYW 45–13
November 23Grambling*Nashville, TNW 55–75,000
December 1at Jackson*Jackson, MS (Mid South Classic)W 34–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "The Final Dickinson Rating Standings of Grid Teams". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 2, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  3. "The Final Dickinson Rating Standings of Grid Teams". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 2, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tennessee Comes Back; Stops Allen". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 14, 1950. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bill Nunn Jr. (November 11, 1950). "Tennessee's Lightning Attack Takes Its Toll on A&T Aggies: Tigers' Rally Wins Capital Classic". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tennessee State routs Grambling Tigers, 55 to 7". Alabama Tribune. December 1, 1950. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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