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1946 Lane Dragons Football Team
The 1946 Lane Dragons football team, also sometimes known as the "Red Dragons", was an American football team that represented Lane College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Edward Clemons, the Dragons compiled an 8–2 record (4–0 against SIAC opponents), lost to Arkansas AM&N in the Cattle Bowl, gave up only 3.5 points per game on defense, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 35. The Dickinson System rated Lane as the No. 5 black college football team for 1946, behind No. 1 Tennessee A&I, No. 2 Morgan State, No. 3 Tuskegee, and No. 4 Wilberforce. Lane ranked first among the black college teams in scoring defense. The team played its home games at Lane College Athletic Field and Rothrock Field, both located in Jackson, Tennessee. Schedule References {{Reflist Lane Lane Dragons football seasons Lane Dragons football The Lane Dragons football program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Formed in 1913, it consists mostly of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), with all but one member located in the Southern United States. The SIAC has led all NCAA Division II conferences in football attendance. History Only three charter members are still part of the conference—Clark Atlanta University (formerly Clark College), Tuskegee University, and Morehouse (which briefly left before returning). Before 2014, all members had been southern HBCUs, but four of the SIAC's five newest members include its only non-HBCU, Spring Hill College (joined in 2014), and its only member outside the South, Central State University of Ohio (joined in 2015). Their last three recent members were former member schools in their first stints: Savannah State University returned to the SIAC in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Xavier Gold Rush Football Team
The 1946 Xavier Gold Rush football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University of Louisiana in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1946 college football season. the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 96 to 77. They were ranked in a tie for No. 12 among the nation's black college football teams according to the ''Pittsburgh Courier The ''Pittsburgh Courier'' was an African-American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1907 until October 22, 1966. By the 1930s, the ''Courier'' was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States. It was acqu ...'' and its Dickinson Rating System. Schedule References {{Reflist Xavier Xavier Gold Rush football seasons Xavier Gold Rush football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football Season
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
