1946 Lincoln Blue Tigers football team

The 1946 Lincoln Blue Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Lincoln University of Missouri in the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1946 college football season. In their second year under head coach David D. Rains, the Tigers compiled a 5–3–1 record (1–1–1 against MAA opponents), defeated Lane in the Mule Bowl on Armistice Day, lost to Prairie View A&M in the Prairie View Bowl on New Year's Day, and outscored all opponents by a total of 60 to 57.^[1][2]

In December 1946, The Pittsburgh Courier applied the Dickinson System to the black college teams and rated Lincoln at No. 7.^[3]

The team played its home games at Lincoln Field in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Louisville Municipal*	Lincoln Field Jefferson City, MO	W 12–6		[4][5]
October 12	at Langston*	Page Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	W 14–6		[6]
October 19	at Kentucky State	Frankfort, KY	W 7–0
October 26	at Philander Smith*	Little Rock, AR	W 13–0
November 2	Wilberforce	Lincoln Field Jefferson City, MO	T 0–0		[7]
November 11	Lane*	Blues Stadium Kansas City, MO (Mule Bowl)	W 7–6		[8]
November 16	at Tennessee A&I	Nashville, TN	L 0–12		[9]
November 23	Arkansas AM&N*	Lincoln Field Jefferson City, MO	L 7–13	300	[10]
January 1, 1947	vs. Prairie View A&M*	Houston, TX (Prairie View Bowl)	L 0–14	1,500	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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