1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
1952 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
Conference	Midwest Athletic Association
Record	8–2 (2–1 MAA)
Head coach	Henry Kean (9th season);
Home stadium	University Stadium
	Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 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 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.^[2] 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).^[3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.

1952 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Lincoln (MO) +	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Texas Southern +	2	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Tennessee A&I	2	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Grambling	1	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
No. 14 Central State (OH)	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Jackson	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
No. 23 Kentucky State	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Associated Negro Press^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	vs. Lincoln (MO)	Melrose Stadium Memphis, TN	L 12–20		^[4]
September 27	at Virginia State*	Rogers Stadium Ettrick, VA	L 0–6	4,000	^[5]
October 3	Langston*	Nashville, TN	W 34–0
October 11	at Allen*	Columbia, SC	W 41–6
October 17	West Virginia State*	University Stadium Nashville, TN	W 22–7	4,000	^[6]
October 24	Central State (OH)	Nashville, TN	W 35–0		^[7]
October 31	North Carolina College*	University Stadium Nashville, TN	W 28–26		^[8]
November 15	at Morris Brown*	Atlanta, GA	W 26–0	5,000	^[9]
November 22	at Kentucky State	Frankfort, KY	W 13–0		^[10]
November 27	Virginia Union*	Nashville, TN	W 44–12		^[11]
*Non-conference game

^ "Press Syndicate Rates Fla. Top Eleven". Baltimore Afro-American. December 20, 1952. p. 9 – 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.
^ "Florida A. & M. Declared 1952 Nat'l Grid Champs". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 20, 1952. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lincoln University Wins: Tennessee A&I Bested In Negro Grid Game". The Commercial Appeal. September 20, 1952. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Virginia State Trojans Belie Underdog Rating, Beat Tennesseans, 6-0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 28, 1952. p. 6D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gray Leads A&I to Win". The Nashville Tennessean. October 18, 1952. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "A&I Rips Central Of Ohio, 35-0". Nashville Banner. October 25, 1952. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tennessee State Nips North Carolina, 28-26". Nashville Banner. November 1, 1952. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "A&I Trounces Morris Brown". The Nashville Tennessean. November 16, 1952. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Kentucky State Loses". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 23, 1952. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "A&I Swamps Union, 44-12". The Nashville Banner. November 28, 1952. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2022.