The 1947 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
The 1947 college football season finished with Notre Dame, Michigan, and Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the final AP Poll in early December, and re ...
. In their 11th season under head coach
Edward Clemon, the Dragons compiled a 6–5 record, lost to
Bethune–Cookman in the
Flower Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 194 to 87. The team was ranked No. 18 among the nation's black college football teams according to the ''
Pittsburgh Courier'' and its
Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games at Lane College Athletic Field and
Rothrock Field, both located in
Jackson, Tennessee.
Key players included Wild Bill Battles at quarterback, team captain Alex Moore at tackle, Country Reeves at center, and William Green at fullback.
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The Lane Dragons football program of Jackson, Tennessee competes in Division II of the NCAA as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Vyron Brown, a former Grambling State University player and o ...