1947 Portland Pilots football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Portland Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Portland as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its second year under head coach Hal Moe, the team compiled a 1–8 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.
| 1947 Portland Pilots football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–8 |
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| Home stadium | Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players included Jim Sweeney, who played as an end for Portland's freshman team in 1947.[1]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Portland was ranked at No. 227 out of 500 college football teams.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Saint Mary's | L 13–26 | 15,300 | [3] | |||
| September 27 | at Montana | L 0–21 | [4] | ||||
| October 5 | Hawaiian All-Stars (Leialums) | L 6–14 | 7,500 | [5] | |||
| October 11 | at Nevada | L 6–51 | > 6,000 | [6] | |||
| October 18 | at Idaho | L 7–22 | 7,500 | [7] | |||
| October 25 | at Oregon State | L 0–40 | [8] | ||||
| October 31 | Washington State |
| L 0–35 | [9] | |||
| November 8 | vs. Montana State* |
| L 13–20 | 3,000 | [10] | ||
| November 15 | Willamette |
| W 27–0 | [11] | |||
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