1947 Southern Jaguars football team

American college football season

1947 Southern Jaguars football

SWAC champion

Yam Bowl, W 46–0 vs. Fort Valley State

Conference| Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record| 10–2 (7–0 SWAC)
Head coach|

* Ace Mumford (12th season)

Home stadium| University Stadium

Seasons

← 1946

1948 →

1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 8 Southern $  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 17 Prairie View A&M | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 6  | – | 0
No. 16 Texas College | 3  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 3
Bishop | 3  | – | 2  | – | 2 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 3
No. 20 Wiley | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 2
Langston | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 1
Samuel Huston | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 9  | – | 0
Arkansas AM&N | 0  | – | 6  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the 1947 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 10–2 record, won the SWAC championship, shut out eight of 12 opponents, defeated Xavier (LA) in the Creole Classic and Fort Valley State in the Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 380 to 53.[2] The team played its home games at University Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Southern ranked No. 8 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 27| Texas State*|

* University Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| W 51–0| | [4]
October 4| at Grambling*| Grambling, LA (rivalry)| L 6–21| |
October 11| at Samuel Huston| Austin, TX| W 31–0| |
October 18| Arkansas AM&N|

* University Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| W 25–0| |
October 25| at Langston| Langston, OK| W 13–0| |
November 1| Texas College|

* University Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| W 35–7| |
November 8| at Bishop| Dallas, TX| W 58–0| |
November 15| Wiley|

* University Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| W 23–0| |
November 22| at Florida A&M*| Tallahassee, FL| L 9–13| |
November 29| Prairie View A&M|

* University Stadium
* Baton Rouge, LA

| W 44–12| |
December 6| at Xavier (LA)*| New Orleans, LA (Creole Classic)| W 39–0| |
December 25| vs. Fort Valley State*|

* Dal-Hi Stadium
* Dallas, TX (Yam Bowl)

| W 46–0| 1,500| [5]

* *Non-conference game

## References

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1. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Southern Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
3. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Southern smothers Texas University by 51–0 count". Alabama Tribune. October 3, 1947. Retrieved July 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Southern Sweeps Fort Valley 46-0". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 3, 1948. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

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Southern Jaguars football

Venues|

* A. W. Mumford Stadium (1928–present)
* BREC Memorial Stadium

Bowls & rivalries|

* Grambling State: Bayou Classic
* Jackson State

Culture & lore|

* Lacumba
* The Human Jukebox
* Marching bands brawl

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National championship seasons in bold

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Southwestern Athletic Conference football champions

* Wiley (1921)
* Paul Quinn (1922)
* Wiley (1923)
* Paul Quinn (1924)
* Bishop (1925)
* Samuel Huston (1926)
* Wiley (1927)
* Wiley (1928)
* Wiley (1929)
* Wiley (1930)
* Prairie View (1931)
* Wiley (1932)
* Langston & Prairie View (1933)
* Texas College (1934)
* Texas College (1935)
* Texas College & Langston (1936)
* Texas College (1937)
* Southern & Langston (1938)
* Langston (1939)
* Southern & Langston (1940)
* No champion (1941)
* Texas College (1942)
* No champion (1943)
* Wiley, Texas College, & Langston (1944)
* Wiley (1945)
* Southern (1946)
* Southern (1947)
* Southern (1948)
* Southern & Langston (1949)
* Southern (1950)
* Prairie View (1951)
* Prairie View (1952)
* Prairie View (1953)
* Prairie View (1954)
* Southern (1955)
* Texas Southern & Wiley (1956)
* Wiley (1957)
* Prairie View (1958)
* Southern (1959)
* Southern, Prairie View, & Grambling (1960)
* Jackson State (1961)
* Jackson State (1962)
* Prairie View (1963)
* Prairie View (1964)
* Grambling (1965)
* Grambling & Southern (1966)
* Grambling (1967)
* Alcorn A&M, Grambling, & Texas Southern (1968)
* Alcorn A&M (1969)
* Alcorn A&M (1970)
* Grambling (1971)
* Grambling & Jackson State (1972)
* Grambling & Jackson State (1973)
* Grambling State & Alcorn State (1974)
* Grambling State, Jackson State, & Southern (1975)
* Alcorn State (1976)
* Grambling State (1977)
* Grambling State (1978)
* Grambling State & Alcorn State (1979)
* Grambling State & Jackson State (1980)
* Jackson State (1981)
* Jackson State (1982)
* Grambling State (1983)
* Alcorn State (1984)
* Jackson State & Grambling State (1985)
* Jackson State (1986)
* Jackson State (1987)
* Jackson State (1988)
* Grambling State (1989)
* Jackson State (1990)
* Alabama State (1991)
* Alcorn State (1992)
* Southern (1993)
* Alcorn State & Grambling State (1994)
* Jackson State (1995)
* Jackson State (1996)
* Southern (1997)
* Southern (1998)
* Southern (1999)
* Grambling State (2000)
* Grambling State (2001)
* Grambling State (2002)
* Southern (2003)
* Alabama State (2004)
* Grambling State (2005)
* Alabama A&M (2006)
* Jackson State (2007)
* Grambling State (2008)
* Prairie View (2009)
* Texas Southern (2010) vacated
* Grambling State (2011)
* Arkansas–Pine Bluff (2012)
* Southern (2013)
* Alcorn State (2014)
* Alcorn State (2015)
* Grambling State (2016)
* Grambling State (2017)
* Alcorn State (2018)
* Alcorn State (2019)
* Alabama A&M (2020)
* Jackson State (2021)
* Jackson State (2022)
* Florida A&M (2023)
* Jackson State (2024)

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