1924 Tennessee State football team

American college football season May 2026 May 2026 1924 Tennessee State football 1924 Tennessee State football team.png 285 Independent 4–1–1 Joe E. Suggs 1st Guy E. Hoffman Athletic Park The 1924 Tennessee State football team represented the Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes—now known as Tennessee State University—an independent during the 1924 college football season. Led by Joe E. Suggs in his first and only season as head coach, Tennessee State compiled a record of 4–1–1. Suggs had starred in football at Fisk University, and had graduated from the coaching school at the University of Illinois before being hired by Tennessee State. Tennessee State Has New Coach https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-journal-and-guide/196877928/ Norfolk Journal and Guide Norfolk, Virginia September 20, 1924 4 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com Schedule Central October 18 l y 1924 Morehouse Maroon Tigers Morehouse Chattanooga, TN 0–1 (forfeit) Baynes S. Slater Tennessee State Forfeits Game To Morehouse https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-tribune/196875066/ The Philadelphia Tribune Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 25, 1924 15 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com October 25 w Walden (TN) Athletic Park Nashville, TN 60–0 Tennessee State Smothers Walden https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-argus/196873121/ St. Louis Argus St. Louis, Missouri Associated Negro Press November 7, 1924 7 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com November 1 2:30 p.m. w y 1924 Rust Bearcats Rust Lewis Park Memphis, TN 61–0 Negro College Grid Teams Clash Today Lewis Park Field https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal/196874621/ The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee November 1, 1924 16 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com Rust Univ. Eleven Is Beaten By Nashville Normals, Score 61-0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal/196874821/ The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee November 2, 1924 23, section I May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com A. and I. Normal Team Wins Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/196874704/ Nashville Banner Nashville, Tennessee November 3, 1924 13 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com November 7 w 1924 Knoxville Bulldogs Knoxville Athletic Park Nashville, TN 13–6 Tennessee State Beats Knoxville In Hard Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-argus/196874022/ St. Louis Argus St. Louis, Missouri November 14, 1924 7 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com Tennessee State 13, Knoxville College 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chicago-defender/196874087/ The Chicago Defender Chicago, Illinois November 15, 1924 13, part 1 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com November 15 w y 1924 Morris Brown Wolverines Morris Brown Atlanta, GA 10–0 A. and I. State Normal Humbles Morris Brown https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner/196874337/ Nashville Banner Nashville, Tennessee November 17, 1924 7 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com Tennessee State Humbles Morris Brown U. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-afro-american/196874227/ The Afro-American Baltimore, Maryland November 22, 1924 4 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com November 27 t y Simmons (KY) Louisville, KY 0–0 Brown Lee L. Tennessee State And Simmons In A Scoreless Tie https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chicago-defender/196873752/ The Chicago Defender Chicago, Illinois November 29, 1924 10, part 1 May 4, 2026 Newspapers.com 1925 The Radio 1925 https://digitalscholarship.tnstate.edu/yearbooks/1/ The Radio Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College 71 May 4, 2026 Tennessee State Media Guide 2019 https://tsutigers.com/documents/2020/10/7/2019FootballMediaGuide.pdf Tennessee State University Athletics 114 May 4, 2026 References Tennessee State Category:Tennessee State Tigers football seasons Tennessee State football