1947 Clark Panthers football team

1947 Clark Panthers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record4–3–1 (3–2–1 SIAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 2 6 2
Fisk 1 3 1 - - -
No. 7 (small) Alabama A&M 1 4 1 3 5 1
Xavier (LA) 0 2 1 - - -
Benedict 0 3 2 2 4 3
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Clark Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Clark College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1947 college football season. In its first year under head coach Marion M. Curry, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record, 3–2–1 against conference opponents. The team was ranked No. 21 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[2]

End Grady Williams was the team captain. Other key players included quarterback George Gray and halfbacks Schley Williamson and Johnny Richards.[3] Albert Watts and Dean Charlton Hamilton were assistant coaches.[4]

  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference CTMT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Clark". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 20, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.