1947 Princess Anne Trojans football team

1947 Princess Anne Trojans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princess Anne     8 0 0
Grambling     10 2 0
Sewanee     6 1 1
Memphis State     6 2 1
Texas State     9 3 0
Mississippi Southern     7 3 0
Oklahoma City     7 3 0
Virginia     7 3 0
West Virginia     6 4 0
East Tennessee State     5 4 0
Catholic University     3 3 0
Delaware     4 4 0
Georgetown     3 4 1
Chattanooga     4 6 0
Tennessee Tech     4 7 0
Miami (FL)     2 7 0
Navy     1 7 1
CCUNC     1 3 0
Florida State     0 5 0

The 1947 Princess Anne Trojans football team was an American football team that represented Princess Anne College (now known as University of Maryland Eastern Shore) during the 1947 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach J. C. Coffee, the team compiled an 8–0 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 206 to 32.[1][2] The team played its home games at Princess Anne Stadium in Princess Anne, Maryland.[3]

The 1947 season was the school's last under the common name Princess Anne College. It was officially known as the University of Maryland's College for Negroes at Princess Anne and had previously been known as Maryland's Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes, though it had been commonly referred to as Princess Anne College. In 1948, the school's president, Dr. J. T. Williams, discarded the "Princess Anne College" name because "people thought it might be a girl's finishing school . . . it embarrassed the football team."[4]

  1. ^ "1947 - Maryland-Eastern Shore". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 27, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Princess Anne Crows Over "Rooster's" Team". Journal Every-Evening. October 17, 1947. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ad for homecoming game". The Salisbury Times. October 20, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Burke Davis (December 9, 1948). "Buildings Give New Life To Shore Negro College". The Baltimore Sun. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.