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1947 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

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The 1947 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Lyle Bennett, the Chippewas compiled a 2–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 136 to 105. The team opened its season with a 34–14 loss to the Detroit Titans on September 19, 1947. The highlights of the season were shutout victories over Northern Michigan (45–0) on October 17, 1947, and Michigan State Normal (33–0) on November 1, 1947.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumAlumni Field
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1947 Central Michigan Chippewas football
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Record2–5–1
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Home stadiumAlumni Field
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1947 Midwestern non-major college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Youngstown – 8–2–0
Ball State – 5–1–2
Ohio Wesleyan – 6–2–1
Wayne – 5–2–0
Dayton – 6–3–0
Washington University – 5–3–0
Bowling Green – 5–5–0
Michigan Tech – 3–3–1
Xavier – 4–4–1
Central Michigan – 2–5–1
Valparaiso – 2–5–1
Michigan State Normal – 1–6–0
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Lyle Bennett was hired as the school's head football coach on January 22, 1947, following the elevation of Ron Finch to be head of the school's department of health and education. An alumnus of Central Michigan, Bennett had worked as a trainer for the Michigan Wolverines men's track and field team before accepting a position as an assistant football coach at Central Michigan in 1946.[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Central Michigan was ranked at No. 152 out of 500 college football teams.[3]

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at DetroitL 14–3420,450[4]
September 27at Bowling Green Bowling Green, OHL 19–20 [5]
October 3at Northern Illinois
T 6–62,500[6]
October 11 Western Michigan
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)
L 12–20 [7]
October 17 Northern Michigan
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
W 45–0 [8]
October 24at Youngstown
L 7–1311,000[9]
November 1 Michigan State Normaldagger
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)
W 33–0 [10]
November 15at Milwaukee State Milwaukee, WIL 0–12
  • daggerHomecoming
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