1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association CIAA 7–2–1 4–1–1 Mark Cardwell 3rd Lakin Field The 1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and ranked No. 14 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings The Pittsburgh Courier December 6, 1947 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070100/tennessee_no_1_in_natl_grid_ratings/ Newspapers.com The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia. Schedule y y September 27 1947 Virginia Union Panthers Virginia Union W 19-12 October 4 Howard Lakin Field Institute, WV T 0-0 3,000 Howard Holds Haughty W. Va. State: Bison in Surprise Deadlock With W. Va. The Pittsburgh Courier October 11, 1947 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40590017/howard_holds_haughty_w_va_state/ Newspapers.com October 11 Kentucky State<ncg> W 13-9 October 18 Tennessee A&I<ncg> Lakin Field Institute, WV W 27-12 October 25 at 1947 North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC W 7-0 November 1 Bluefield State W 6-0 November 8 at Virginia State Rogers Field Petersburg, VA L 0-19 2,500 Va. State Kayoes w. Va.: W. Va. Blows Up; Trojans Win, 19-0 The Pittsburgh Courier November 9, 1947 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40460696/va_state_kayoes_w_va_w_va_blows/ Newspapers.com November 15 1947 North Carolina College Eagles North Carolina College W 25-0 November 22 at Wilberforce State<ncg> Wilberforce Stadium Xenia, OH L 0-31 3,000 Wilberforce Downs West Virginia, 31-0 Alabama Tribune November 28, 1947 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40410590/wilberforce_downs_west_virginia_310/ Newspapers.com November 27 1947 Wilberforce Bulldogs Wilberforce<ncg> W 57-0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40597386/force_state_wins_4012/ 'Force State Wins, 40-12 Dayton Daily News 28 November 1947 36 References West Virginia State Category:West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football seasons West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football