1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team
MWAA
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| record = 4–6 |
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{{1947 Midwest Athletic Association football standings}} |
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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]] ( |
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]] (MWAA) 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 System|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]]. |
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==Schedule== |
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