1947 Navy Midshipmen football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Navy Midshipmen football team was an American football team that represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth non-consecutive season under head coach Tom Hamilton, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 165 to 86.[1]
| 1947 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–7–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Dick Scott |
| Home stadium | Thompson Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy was ranked at No. 32 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | at California | L 7–14 | 80,000 | [3] | |
| October 4 | Columbia | L 6–13 | 22,000 | [4] | |
| October 11 | vs. No. 13 Duke | T 14–14 | 35,000 | [5] | |
| October 18 | at Cornell | W 38–19 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | at No. 8 Penn | L 0–21 | 80,000 | [7] | |
| November 1 | vs. No. 1 Notre Dame | L 0–27 | 84,117 | [8] | |
| November 8 | Georgia Tech |
| L 14–16 | 35,000 | [9] |
| November 15 | No. 8 Penn State |
| L 7–20 | 25,000 | [10] |
| November 29 | vs. No. 12 Army |
| L 0–21 | 103,000 | [11] |
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