1947 Lincoln Lions football team

The 1947 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University of Pennsylvania as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Manuel Rivero, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 120. The Lions were ranked No. 19 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.

1947 Lincoln Lions football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4–1 (3–3–1 CIAA)
Head coach
  • Manuel Rivero (13th season)
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 1 09 1 0
No. 4 Hampton 5 1 17 2 1
No. 11 Howard 6 2 16 2 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 2 15 2 1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 1 16 3 1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 3 15 4 1
Delaware State 4 3 04 4 0
Virginia Union 3 5 04 5 0
Winston-Salem State 3 3 06 3 0
North Carolina A&T 1 5 11 5 1
North Carolina College 2 6 02 7 0
Bluefield State 1 5 03 6 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 5 10 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 2 11 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.

The team opened its season on September 20, 1947, with a game against Lock Haven State Teachers College in what was billed as "possibly the first regularly-scheduled football game anywhere between a Negro college and a predominantly-white institution."

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