1947 Hampton Pirates football team

1947 Hampton Pirates football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2–1 (5–1–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumArmstrong Field
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 Hampton Pirates football team was an American football team that represented Hampton Institute in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third non-consecutive year under head coach James Griffin, the Pirates compiled a 7–2–1 record, lost to Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic, and outscored opponents by a total of 107 to 63.[2] Hampton ranked No. 4 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Fort Bragg 555th Paratroop Battalion*
W 19–0
October 4Johnson C. Smith
  • Armstrong Field
  • Hampton, VA
W 13–8
October 11at North Carolina A&T
W 7–05,000[4]
October 18Tuskegee*
  • Armstrong Field
  • Hampton, VA
W 19–0[5]
October 25Virginia Statedagger
  • Armstrong Field
  • Hampton, VA
W 16–136,500[6]
November 1Lincoln (PA)
  • Armstrong Field
  • Hampton, VA
T 0–0
November 8at Howard
W 19–1410,000[7]
November 15Morgan State
  • Armstrong Field
  • Hampton, VA
L 0–91,800[8]
November 27at Virginia Union
W 14–134,000[9]
December 6vs. Florida A&M*
L 0–719,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Hampton Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hampton Pirates Sink Aggies in Final Minutes, 7-0". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 18, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pirates Stop Tuskegee 19-0". Daily Press. October 19, 1947. p. 12A – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hampton Pirates Stab Va. State, 16-13". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 1, 1947. p. 13.
  7. ^ "Casey Sparkles as Hampton Tops Howard". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 15, 1947. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Morgan Sinks Hampton, 9-0: Bears Claw Pirates On Field of Water". The Pittsburgh Courier. November 22, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Casey Scores Twice to Help Hampton Top Union, 14-13". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Florida Defeats Hampton In Thriller". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 13, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.