The 1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an
American football team that represented
West Virginia State University
West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities ...
as a member of the
Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) 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 third season under head coach
Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and ranked No. 14 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 Lakin Field in
Institute, West Virginia.
Schedule
References
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West Virginia State
West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities e ...
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football seasons
West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football