The 1947 Southern Jaguars football team was an
American football team that represented
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...
in 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 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 in the
Creole Classic and
Fort Valley State
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Fort Valley State University (FVSU, formerly Fort Valley State College and Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School) is a public land-grant historically black university in Fort Valley, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia and ...
in the
Yam Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 380 to 53. 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.
Schedule
References
{{Southwestern Athletic Conference football champions
Southern
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Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
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Southern Jaguars football seasons
Southwestern Athletic Conference football champion seasons
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