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The 1947 Howard Bison football team was an American football team that represented Howard University as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Edward L. Jackson, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, finished fourth in the CIAA, and outscored opponents by a total of 122 to 54.[2] The team ranked No. 11 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

Record6–2–1 (6–2–1 CIAA)
Headcoach
HomestadiumBrooks Stadium, Griffith Stadium
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1947 Howard Bison football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2–1 (6–2–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumBrooks Stadium, Griffith Stadium
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1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $6–0–010–0–0
No. 7 Virginia State7–1–08–1–0
No. 4 Hampton5–1–17–2–1
No. 11 Howard6–2–16–2–1
No. 9 Morgan State5–2–15–2–1
No. 14 West Virginia State4–1–16–3–1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA)3–3–15–4–1
Delaware State4–3–04–4–0
Virginia Union3–5–04–5–0
Winston-Salem State3–3–06–3–0
North Carolina A&T1–5–11–5–1
North Carolina College2–6–02–7–0
Bluefield State1–5–03–6–0
Johnson C. Smith1–7–01–8–0
Saint Paul's (VA)0–5–10–5–1
St. Augustine's0–2–13–4–1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Dickinson System.
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 272:00 p.m.Bluefield State
W 7–08,000[4][5]
October 4at West Virginia State
T 0–03,000[6]
October 11at Virginia UnionW 13–7[7]
October 178:00 p.m.Morgan State
W 14–69,500[8][9]
October 252:00 p.m.Johnson C. Smith
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 14–010,000[10][11]
November 1at Shaw
L 14–224,000[12]
November 8Hampton
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Washington, DC
L 13–1910,000[13]
November 15Delaware State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 27–02,500[14]
November 27at Lincoln (PA)W 29–013,000[15]
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