1947 Louisville Municipal Bantams football team

1947 Louisville Municipal Bantams football
ConferenceMidwest Athletic Association
Record6–1–1 (2–0–1 MAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Tennessee A&I $ 3 0 0 10 0 0
No. 12 Louisville Municipal 2 0 1 6 1 1
No. 2 Wilberforce State 3 1 0 11 1 0
No. 22 Kentucky State 3 3 0 4 6 0
No. 13 Lincoln (MO) 1 3 1 3 4 1
Wilberforce 0 2 0 0 6 1
Philander Smith 0 3 0 1 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Louisville Municipal Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Louisville Municipal College (now part of University of Louisville) in the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their second season under head coach Dwight T. Reed, the Bantams compiled a 6–1–1 record and was ranked No. 12 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[2]

  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.