1947 Bluefield State Big Blues football team

1947 Bluefield State Big Blues football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–6 (1–5 CIAA)
Head coach
  • S. Walker (1st season)
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Hampton 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
No. 11 Howard 6 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Delaware State 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Virginia Union 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Winston-Salem State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
North Carolina A&T 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
North Carolina College 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bluefield State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 5 – 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Bluefield State Big Blues football team was an American football team that represented Bluefield State College during the 1947 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach S. Walker, the team compiled a 3–6 record and outscored opponents by a total of 85 to 74.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at HowardWashington, DCL 0–7
October 4Virginia StateBluefield, WVL 0–26
October 11Louisville Municipal*Bluefield, WVL 7–14[3]
October 18at Winston-Salem StateWinston-Salem, NCL 0–8
October 25at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAW 48–0
November 1at West Virginia StateInstitute, WVL 0–6
November 8at Morgan StateBaltimore, MDL 0–13[4]
November 15Knoxville*W 18–0
November 22Kentucky State*Bluefield, WVW 12–0[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1947 - Bluefield St. (WV)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Bantams Win 14-7 Victory At Bluefield". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1947. p. IV-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Morgan Beats Bluefield, 13-0". The Baltimore Sun. November 9, 1947. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Touted Kentucky State Upset By Bluefield, 12-0". The Courier-Journal. November 23, 1947. p. IV-6 – via Newspapers.com.