1923 Lincoln Lions football team

1923 Lincoln Lions football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–1–2 (1–1–2 CIAA)
Head coach
CaptainRobert Walter Johnson
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia Union $ 5 0 0 6 0 1
Howard 3 0 1 7 0 1
Hampton 4 2 0 5 2 0
Virginia Normal 3 3 0 4 3 0
Lincoln (PA) 1 1 2 5 1 2
Saint Paul (VA) 2 3 1 6 3 1
Virginia Seminary 1 4 0 3 6 0
Shaw 0 5 0 0 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1923 Lincoln Lions football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1923 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ulysses S. Young, the Lions compiled a 5–1–2 record and were recognized as the black college national co-champion along with Howard.

The championship game between Howard and Lincoln attracted 25,000 spectators, "the largest crowd in the history of colored football" to that time.[1]

The team's players included quarterback Jazz Byrd, left halfback and team captain Robert Walter Johnson (nicknamed "Whirlwind), right halfback "Butts" Brown, fullback Lee, ends J. W. Lancaster and "Birdie" Crudup, tackles W. R. C. Coston and R. S. Jason, guards Poindexter and Parker, and center Chris "Big Boy" Morgan.[1] Lincoln captured five of eleven first-team spots on the 1923 All-C.I.A.A. football team selected by committee of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Lincoln's first-team honorees were Byrd at quarterback, R. W. Johnson at left halfback, Chris Morgan at center, and J. W. Lancaster in the line.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NYA23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Delegated Committee Picks All C.I.A.A. Eleven". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 22, 1923. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.