1947 Lane Dragons football team

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. In their 11th season under head coach Edward "Ox" Clemons, 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.[2] The team played its home games at Lane College Athletic Field and Rothrock Field, both located in Jackson, Tennessee.[3]

1947 Lane Dragons football
Flower Bowl, L 0–6 vs. Bethune–Cookman
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1947 record6–5 (2–2 SIAC)
Head coach
1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Florida A&M $ 5 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
No. 10 South Carolina State 5 –0 –2  7 –1 –2
No. 15 Fort Valley State 4 –0 –1  7 –1 –1
No. 3 (small) LeMoyne 2 –1 –0  4 –1 –1
Tuskegee 3 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
No. 21 Clark (GA) 3 –2 –1  4 –3 –1
No. 18 Lane 2 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Morehouse 3 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
Morris Brown 2 –4 –1  3 –7 –1
Knoxville 1 –2 –1  - –- –-
Alabama State 2 –5 –2  - –- –-
Fisk 1 –3 –1  - –- –-
No. 7 (small) Alabama A&M 1 –4 –1  3 –3 –1
Xavier (LA) 0 –2 –1  - –- –-
Benedict 0 –3 –2  - –- –-
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

Key players included Wild Bill Battles at quarterback, team captain Alex Moore at tackle, Country Reeves at center, and William Green at fullback.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Fort Benning*
W 53–6[5]
October 4Fort Knox*
W 32–0
October 11at South Carolina State
L 12–13[6]
October 18Alabama A&M
  • Lane College Athletic Field
  • Jackson, TN
W 26–0[7]
October 25at Wiley*
L 7–22[8]
November 1at Louisville Municipal*
W 19–133,000[9]
November 8vs. Lincoln (MO)*
L 0–6[10]
November 15Fisk
  • Rothrock Field
  • Jackson, TN
L 6–9
November 22Bishop*
  • Rothrock Field
  • Jackson, TN
W 13–6[11]
November 27at LeMoyne
W 26–6
January 1, 1948vs. Bethune–CookmanJacksonville, FL (Flower Bowl)L 0–63,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Ad for Lane - Fort Knox game". The Jackson Sun. October 3, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lane Dragons To Be Stronger; Season Opens Saturday". The Jackson Sun. September 21, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dragons Roll Again; Beat Benning, 53-6". The Jackson Sun. September 28, 1947. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "State's Bulldogs Beat Lane 13-12 In Thriller Here". The Times and Democrat. October 13, 1947. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Dragons Win Again". The Jackson Sun. October 19, 1947. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Wiley Thumps Lane, 22 to 7". Marshall News Messenger. October 26, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Lane Hands Municipal 1st Loss 19-13". The Courier-Journal. November 2, 1947. p. IV-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lincoln U. Shades Lane College, 6 to 0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 9, 1947 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Lane College Wins 13-6 Over Bishop". Alabama Tribune. November 28, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Bethune-Cookman Wins Flower Bowl". St. Petersburg Times. January 2, 1948. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
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