1923 Lincoln Lions football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1923
| team = Lincoln Lions
| sport = football
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| conference = Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = CIAA
| record = 5–1–2
| conf_record = 1–1–2
| head_coach = Ulysses S. Young
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Robert Walter Johnson
| stadium =
| champion = Black college national co-champion
}}
{{1923 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1923 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1923 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ulysses S. Young, the Lions compiled a 5–1–2 record and were recognized as the black college national co-champion along with Howard.
The championship game between Howard and Lincoln attracted 25,000 spectators, "the largest crowd in the history of colored football" to that time.
The team's players included quarterback Jazz Byrd, left halfback and team captain Robert Walter Johnson (nicknamed "Whirlwind), right halfback "Butts" Brown, fullback Lee, ends J. W. Lancaster and "Birdie" Crudup, tackles W. R. C. Coston and R. S. Jason, guards Poindexter and Parker, and center Chris "Big Boy" Morgan. Lincoln captured five of eleven first-team spots on the 1923 All-C.I.A.A. football team selected by committee of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Lincoln's first-team honorees were Byrd at quarterback, R. W. Johnson at left halfback, Chris Morgan at center, and J. W. Lancaster in the line.{{cite news|title=Delegated Committee Picks All C.I.A.A. Eleven|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 22, 1923|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39880774/delegated_committee_picks_all_ciaa/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|October 6||Bordentown
|October 13|at|Harrisburg "Y"
|October 20||{{cfb link|year=1923|team=Morgan Bears|title=Morgan}}
|October 27|at|{{cfb link|year=1923|team=West Virginia Collegiate Yellow Jackets|title=West Virginia Collegiate}}
|November 3|vs|{{cfb link|year=1923|team=Hampton Seasiders|title=Hampton}}||Baltimore, MD|L 3-7||{{cite news|title=Hampton Triumphs Over Lincoln: Hargrove Takes Ball Over for Touchdown|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=November 10, 1923|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39879802/hampton_triumphs_over_lincoln_hargrove/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 10||{{cfb link|year=1923|team=Saint Paul Tigers|title=Saint Paul (VA)}}Saint Paul's College (Virginia) was officially known at this time as the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, located in Lynchburg, Virginia.|||T 3-3 ||{{cite news|title=Lincoln and St. Paul In 3-3 Tie Game Nov. 10|newspaper=The New York Age|date=November 24, 1923|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39882796/lincoln_and_st_paul_in_33_tie_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 19|at|{{cfb link|year=1923|team=Shaw Bears|title=Shaw}}||Norfolk, VA|W 48-0 ||
|November 29||Howard|Baker Bowl|Philadelphia, PA (Annual Football Classic)|T 6-6|25,000|{{cite news|title=25,000 Enthusiasts Witness Annual Lincoln-Howard Game at Nat'l League Park, Phila.|newspaper=The New York Age|date=December 8, 1923|pages=1, 6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39845397/25000_enthusiasts_witness_annual/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Notes
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References
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{{Lincoln Lions football navbox}}
{{Black college football national champion navbox}}
Category:Lincoln Lions football seasons