1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team

1967 Alcorn A&M Braves football
Black smaller college national champion SCAC champion
Conference	South Central Athletic Conference
Record	10–1 (7–0 SCAC)
Head coach	W. Felix Harris (1st season)

The 1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M College as a member of the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach W. Felix Harris, Alcorn compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), shut out eight of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 79.^[1] The team won the SCAC championship,^[2] and was also ranked No. 1 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System.^[3] The team played its home games in Alcorn, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Central Louisiana Trade School*	Bolton High School Stadium Alexandria, LA	W 66–0
September 26	Rust	Murphy Stadium Greenville, MS	W 24–0
October 4	Philander Smith*	Alcorn, MS	W 20–0
October 11	at Southern Christian Institute	Vicksburg, MS	W 75–0		[4]
October 18	Mississippi Industrial	Alcorn, MS	W 19–0		[5]
October 25	at Jackson State	King's Field Vicksburg, MS	W 13–0	5,000	[6]
November 1	Tougaloo	Alcorn, MS	W 7–0		[7]
November 8	at Tennessee A&I*	Sulphur Dell Nashville, TN	L 7–66		[8]
November 15	Tillotson*	Fort Gibbons, MS	W 14–6		[9]
November 25	at Leland	Baton Rouge, LA	W 26–7		[10]
	Okolona Industrial School		W 56–0		[1]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Alcorn State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
2. "Alcorn Awarded SCAC Grid Title". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 27, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Alcorn Braves Top Southern Christian Institute, 75-0". Alabama Tribune. October 17, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Alcorn Wins Fifth Straight". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 25, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Jackson College Bows To Alcorn". Clarion-Ledger. October 29, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Alcorn Ekes Tougaloo 7-0 For 7th Win". Alabama Tribune. November 7, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Tennessee State Rolls Over Alcorn Team". Nashville Banner. November 8, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Alcorn Defeats Tillotson, 13-6". The Austin Sunday American-Statesman. November 16, 1947. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Alcorn Braves Trip Leland College 26-7". Alabama Tribune. November 28, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.