1947 Saint Louis Billikens football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 4–6 record (1–1 against MVC opponents), finished third in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 220 to 201.[1]
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–6 (1–1 MVC)
Headcoach
- Dukes Duford (8th season)
HomestadiumWalsh Stadium
| 1947 Saint Louis Billikens football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Walsh Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saint Louis was ranked at No. 99 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Walsh Stadium in St. Louis, MO.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | at Missouri* | L 0–19 | 17,000 | [3] | |||
| September 26 | Missouri Mines* |
| W 61–0 | 10,331 | [4] | ||
| October 3 | at Marquette* | L 23–27 | 10,486 | [5] | |||
| October 10 | Georgetown* |
| W 16–0 | 9,796 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | Drake |
| W 41–12 | 12,312 | [7] | ||
| October 26 | at St. Bonaventure* | Olean, NY | L 13–47 | 9,200 | [8] | ||
| November 2 | Nevada* |
| L 21–27 | 10,136 | [9][10] | ||
| November 8 | Wichita |
| L 6–38 | [11] | |||
| November 15 | at Detroit* | L 6–37 | 5,000 | [12] | |||
| November 27 | Duquesne* |
| W 14–13 | 9,272 | [13] | ||
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