1947 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1947 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team represented the Colgate University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Paul Bixler, the team compiled a 1–5–2 record and was outscored by a total of 139 to 87.^[1]

1947 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5–2
Head coach	Paul Bixler (1st season)
Captain	Glen Treichler
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Springfield			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					2	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Merchant Marine			–					2	–	9	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP poll

Colgate was ranked at No. 113 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[2]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Merchant Marine	Tomb Memorial Field Kings Point, NY	W 29–0	8,000	[3]
October 11	Cornell	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 18–27	16,000	[4]
October 18	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–20	31,000	[5]
October 25	Brown	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	T 13–13	6,000	[6]
November 1	at No. 7 Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–46	15,000	[7]
November 8	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6	10,000	[8]
November 15	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–7	36,000	[9]
November 29	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 14–20	9,877	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game