1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Kentucky State Thorobreds
| sport = football
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| conference = Midwest Athletic Association
| short_conf = MAA
| record = 4–6
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach= C. Randy Taylor
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}
{{1947 Midwest Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach C. Randy Taylor, the team compiled a 4–6 record (3–3 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 112.{{cite web|title=Kentucky State Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/k/kentucky_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|access-date=2019-12-23|archive-date=2015-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907191049/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/k/kentucky_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}} The team was ranked No. 22 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.{{cite news|title=Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 6, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070100/tennessee_no_1_in_natl_grid_ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}} The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Schedule
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|September 27||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Philander Smith Panthers|title=Philander Smith}}|Alumni Field|Frankfort, KY|W 57-0||{{cite news|title=Kentucky State Blanks Philander Smith, 54-0|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=October 3, 1947|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40979629/kentucky_state_blanks_philander_smith/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 4|at|Wilberforce State|League Park|Cleveland, OH|L 6-34|8,000|{{cite news|title=Wilberforce State Wins At Cleveland|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|date=October 5, 1947|page=Sports 3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40410420/wilberforce_state_wins_at_cleveland/|via=Newspapers.com}}(contemporary newspaper accounts record the game as a win, but College Football Data Warehouse records it as a forfeit by Wilberforce State)
|October 11||West Virginia State
|October 18||Lincoln (MO)|Alumni Field|Frankfort, KY|W 19-12|5,000|{{cite news|title=K.S.C. Beats Lincoln 19-12|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=October 19, 1947|page=IV-6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40501547/ksc_beats_lincoln_1912/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Wilberforce Bulldogs|title=Wilberforce}}||Wilberforce, OH|W 46-0||{{cite news|title=Kentucky State Romps|newspaper=Mansfield News-Journal|date=October 26, 1947|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40979840/kentucky_state_romps/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 1||Florida A&M
|November 8|at|Louisville Municipal|Central HS Athletic Field|Louisville, KY|L 0-6|> 4,000|{{cite news|title=4,000 See Municipal Tip Kentucky State 6-0|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=November 9, 1947|page=IV-6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40497314/4000_see_municipal_tip_kentucky_state/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Morris Brown Wolverines|title=Morris Brown}}
|November 22|at|Bluefield State
|November 27|at|Tennessee A&I||Nashville, TN|L 13-20||{{cite news|title=A&I Notches 10th Victory, Claims Crown|newspaper=The Nashville Tennessean|date=November 28, 1947|page=45|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39532874/ai_notches_10th_victory_claims_crown/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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