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The 1947 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach William Leckonby, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 128 to 91.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Headcoach
HomestadiumTemple Stadium
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1947 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1947 Eastern major college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Penn State – 9–0–1
No. 11 Army – 5–2–2
Villanova – 6–3–1
Boston University – 5–3–0
Boston College – 5–4–0
Holy Cross – 4–4–2
Syracuse – 3–6–0
Temple – 3–6–0
NYU – 2–5–1
Colgate – 1–5–2
Duquesne – 2–8–0
Fordham – 1–6–1
Merchant Marine – 2–9–0
Pittsburgh – 1–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Temple was ranked at No. 100 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26NYUW 32–718,000[3]
October 4at Holy CrossL 13–1916,000[4]
October 11at SyracuseL 12–2820,000[5]
October 17Muhlenberg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–627,000[6]
October 25at BucknellW 21–0 10,000 [7]
November 1Oklahoma A&M
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2612,000[8]
November 8 No. 7 Penn Statedagger
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–720,000[9]
November 15Michigan State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–147,500[10]
November 22at West VirginiaL 0–2110,000[11]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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