1947 Navy Midshipmen football team

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][2]

1947 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7–1
Head coach	Tom Hamilton (5th season)
Captain	Dick Scott
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princess Anne			–					8	–	0	–	0
Grambling			–					10	–	2	–	0
Sewanee			–					6	–	1	–	1
Memphis State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Texas State			–					9	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					7	–	3	–	0
Virginia			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	4	–	0
East Tennessee State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Catholic University			–					3	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga			–					4	–	6	–	0
Tennessee Tech			–					4	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					2	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	7	–	1
CCUNC			–					1	–	3	–	0
Florida State			–					0	–	5	–	0

Navy was ranked at No. 32 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–14	80,000	[4]
October 4	Columbia	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 6–13	22,000	[5]
October 11	vs. No. 13 Duke	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 14–14	35,000	[6]
October 18	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 38–19		[7]
October 25	at No. 8 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–21	80,000	[8]
November 1	vs. No. 1 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH (rivalry)	L 0–27	84,117	[9]
November 8	Georgia Tech	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 14–16	35,000	[10]
November 15	No. 8 Penn State	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–20	25,000	[11]
November 29	vs. No. 12 Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 0–21	103,000	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
2. "Navy Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Emmons Byrne (September 28, 1947). "80,000 Witness Bears' 14 to 7 Upset of Navy". Oakland Tribune. pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Robert Elmer (October 5, 1947). "Columbia Hands Navy Eleven Second Loss In Row, 13-6: Bill Hawkins Scores With 55-Yard Run". The Baltimore Sun. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Robert Elmer (October 12, 1947). "Navy Ties Duke, 14-14, At Stadium". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Elliot Cushing (October 19, 1949). "Navy Overpowers Courageous Cornell Before Record 35,500 Crowd, 38 to 19". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
8. Art Morrow (October 26, 1947). "80,000 Watch Penn Win, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
9. Edward Burns (November 2, 1947). "Notre Dame Sinks Navy: Lujack Passes Notre Dame To 27 To 0 Victory Against Navy". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1, II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Georgia Tech Defeats Navy, 16-14". The Baltimore Sun. November 9, 1947. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Stuart B. McIver (November 16, 1947). "Penn State Victor Over Navy, 20-7". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
12. George M. Mawhinney (November 30, 1947). "103,000 Grid Fans Jam City To See Army Beat Navy: Truman Tops List of Spectators At Football Classic in Stadium; Cadets and Middies Thrill Throngs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S2 – via Newspapers.com.