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.[2] 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).[3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.
| 1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 9–2 (2–1 MAA) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | Lincoln (MO) | Nashville, TN | W 20–0 | ||||
| September 30 | Langston* | Nashville, TN | L 6–13 | ||||
| October 7 | at Allen* | Columbia, SC | W 26–6 | [4] | |||
| October 14 | West Virginia State* | Nashville, TN | W 13–2 | ||||
| October 20 | vs. Wilberforce State | Chicago, IL | L 0–6 | ||||
| October 28 | North Carolina College* | Nashville, TN | W 27–20 | ||||
| November 3 | vs. North Carolina A&T* |
| W 27–13 | 20,000 | [5] | ||
| November 11 | at Morris Brown* | Atlanta, GA | W 14–0 | ||||
| November 18 | at Kentucky State | Frankfort, KY | W 45–13 | ||||
| November 23 | Grambling* | Nashville, TN | W 55–7 | 5,000 | [6] | ||
| December 1 | at Jackson* | Jackson, MS (Mid South Classic) | W 34–0 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "The Final Dickinson Rating Standings of Grid Teams". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 2, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "The Final Dickinson Rating Standings of Grid Teams". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 2, 1950. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee Comes Back; Stops Allen". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 14, 1950. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tennessee State routs Grambling Tigers, 55 to 7". Alabama Tribune. December 1, 1950. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.