1949 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1949

| team = Tennessee A&I Tigers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Midwest Athletic Association

| short_conf = MAA

| record = 9–1

| conf_record = 4–0

| head_coach= Henry Kean

| hc_year = 6th

| captain =

| stadium =

| champion = MAA champion

| bowl =

| bowl_result =

}}

The 1949 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1949 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 9–1 record, won the MAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 299 to 87.{{cite web|title=Tennessee State Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 26, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/tennessee_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906043444/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/tennessee_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015}} The team was ranked fourth among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.{{cite news|title=Southern, West Va. Lose on Final Ballot|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 10, 1949|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40078662/southern_west_va_lose_on_final_ballot/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Lincoln Blue Tigers|title=Lincoln (MO)}}||Jefferson City, MO|W 19-6||{{cite news|title=Tennessee Overpowers Lincoln, Mo.|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=October 1, 1949|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41085545/tennessee_overpowers_lincoln_mo/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 1|at|Langston||Langston, OK|W 10-0|3,500|{{cite news|title=Tennessee Gets by Langston|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=October 8, 1949|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41085484/tennessee_gets_by_langston/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Allen Yellow Jackets|title=Allen}}||Nashville, TN|W 56-0||

|October 15|at|West Virginia State|Lakin Field|Institute, WV|L 21-25|> 3,000|{{cite news|title=W. Va. State Outscores Tigers, 25-21|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=October 22, 1949|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41084483/w_va_state_outscores_tigers_2521/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 22||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Wilberforce State Green Wave|title=Wilberforce State}}||Nashville, TN|W 28-7||

|October 29|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}||Durham, NC|W 19-18||

|November 5|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}||Greensboro, NC|W 19-18||

|November 19|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Louisville Municipal Bantams|title=Louisville Municipal}}||Louisville, KY|W 52-0||

|November 24||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Kentucky State Thorobreds|title=Kentucky State}}||Nashville, TN|W 27-0||

|December 3|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Jackson Tigers|title=Jackson}}|Alumni Field|Jackson, MS (Magnolia Classic)|W 48-13||{{cite news|title=Ad for First Annual Magnolia Football Classic|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|date=December 3, 1949|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41085450/add_for_magnolia_classic/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

Tennessee AandI

Category:Tennessee State Tigers football seasons

Category:Midwest Athletic Association football champion seasons

Tennessee AandI Tigers football