1947 Grambling Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Grambling Tigers
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 10–2
| head_coach = Eddie Robinson
| hc_year = 5th
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| bowl = Vulcan Bowl
| bowl_result = L 21–27 vs. Wilberforce State
}}
{{1947 Southern college football independents records}}
The 1947 Grambling Tigers football team represented Grambling College (now known as Grambling State University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiled an 10–2 record. In two post-season game, the Tigers defeated Bethune-Cookman in the Lions Bowl and lost to Central State in the Vulcan Bowl.{{cite web|title=Grambling State Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 10, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/g/grambling_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905220144/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/g/grambling_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2015}}
Key players included back Paul "Tank" Younger. Younger became the first player from a historically black college to play in the National Football League (NFL). He played 10 years in the NFL and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Schedule
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|September 20||Fort Benning||Ruston, LA|W 53-0||
|September 27|at|Tuskegee|Alumni Bowl|Tuskegee, AL|L 6-19||
|October 4||Southern||Grambling, LA (rivalry)|W 21-6||
|October 10|at|Texas State|Buffalo Stadium|Houston, TX|W 27-6|7,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-courier-grambling-rolls-o/128183383/|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|title=Grambling rolls over Texas State, 26 to 6|date=October 18, 1947|accessdate=July 13, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Florida Normal Lions|title=Florida Normal}}||Jacksonville, FL|W 21-0||
|October 27|vs|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Bishop Tigers|title=Bishop}}|State Fair Stadium|Shreveport, LA (State Fair Classic)|W 20-6|8,000|{{cite web|title=Tigers Tops|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19471108&id=Zx0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vv0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6117,2786853&hl=en|work=Baltimore Afro-American (p. 15)|date=November 8, 1947}}
|October 31||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Philander Smith Panthers|title=Philander Smith}}||Grambling, LA|W 40-0||
|November 8||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Tillotson Eagles|title=Tillotson}}|Tiger Field|Grambling, LA|W 42-7||{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Collie J. |title=Younger Stars As Grambling Wins, 42 to 7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114280915/the-pittsburgh-courier/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Courier |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=November 15, 1947 |page=14|access-date=December 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|November 15|at|Prairie View A&M||Prairie View, TX|W 13-0||
|November 22|vs|Butler (TX)|Tornado Stadium|Haynesville, LA|W 67-0|2,000|
|December 5||Bethune–Cookman||Ruston, LA (Lions Bowl)|W 47-6|8,000|{{cite news|title=Younger Is Big Gun in Win For Grambling|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 13, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40378290/younger_is_big_gun_in_win_for_grambling/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|January 1, 1948|vs|Wilberforce State|Rickwood Field|Birmingham, AL (Vulcan Bowl)|L 21-27|8,500|{{cite news|title=Wilberforce Subdues Grambling in Hard Battle|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=January 10, 1948|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40378596/wilberforce_subdues_grambling_in_hard/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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