en 1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team

1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football
Conference	Midwest Athletic Association
Record	9–2 (2–1 MAA)
Head coach	Henry Kean (7th season);
	Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Wilberforce State $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 4 Tennessee A&I	2	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Lincoln (MO)	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier^[1]

The 1950 Tennessee A&I Tigers football team represented Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1950 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Henry Kean, the Tigers compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 267 to 80.^[2] The Dickinson System rated Tennessee A&I as the No. 4 black college football team for 1950 with a score of 25.56, behind only Florida A&M (28.76), Southern (28.50), and Maryland State (2800).^[3] The team played its home games in Nashville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Lincoln (MO)	Nashville, TN	W 20–0
September 30	Langston*	Nashville, TN	L 6–13
October 7	at Allen*	Columbia, SC	W 26–6		^[4]
October 14	West Virginia State*	Nashville, TN	W 13–2
October 20	vs. Wilberforce State	Chicago, IL	L 0–6
October 28	North Carolina College*	Nashville, TN	W 27–20
November 3	vs. North Carolina A&T*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC (Capital Classic)	W 27–13	20,000	^[5]
November 11	at Morris Brown*	Atlanta, GA	W 14–0
November 18	at Kentucky State	Frankfort, KY	W 45–13
November 23	Grambling*	Nashville, TN	W 55–7	5,000	^[6]
December 1	at Jackson*	Jackson, MS (Mid South Classic)	W 34–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming