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The 1947 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Joe Gavin, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 163 to 103.[1] Dick Dahn was the team captain.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Headcoach
HomestadiumDayton Stadium
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1947 Dayton Flyers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumDayton Stadium
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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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Dayton was ranked at No. 77 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Scranton
W 28–68,000[4]
October 4Bowling Green
  • Dayton Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
W 20–137,500[5]
October 11at CincinnatiW 26–2124,000[6]
October 18Toledo
  • Dayton Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
L 13–14[7]
October 25at ChattanoogaL 13–196,000[8]
November 1Xavier
  • Dayton Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
W 38–612,000[9]
November 8at Miami (OH)L 0–1211,421[10]
November 15at OhioW 18–66,000[11]
November 22St. Bonaventure
  • Dayton Stadium
  • Dayton, OH
W 7–6[12]
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