1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team

American college football season

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)
Seasons← 1966 1968 →

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. The team won the SCAC championship, and was also ranked No. 1 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games in Alcorn, Mississippi.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
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
October 18	Mississippi Industrial	Alcorn, MS	W 19–0
October 25	at Jackson State	King's Field Vicksburg, MS	W 13–0	5,000
November 1	Tougaloo	Alcorn, MS	W 7–0
November 8	at Tennessee A&I*	Sulphur Dell Nashville, TN	L 7–66
November 15	Tillotson*	Fort Gibbons, MS	W 14–6
November 25	at Leland	Baton Rouge, LA	W 26–7
	Okolona Industrial School		W 56–0
*Non-conference game

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

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Venues	Henderson Stadium (1925–1991) Jack Spinks Stadium (1992–2011) Casem-Spinks Stadium (2011–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1951 Tropical Bowl 1952 Lion's Bowl 1968 Orange Blossom Classic 2015 Celebration Bowl 2018 Celebration Bowl Jackson State: Soul Bowl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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