The 1947 Howard Bison football team was an American football team that represented Howard University as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Edward L. Jackson, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, finished fourth in the CIAA, and outscored opponents by a total of 122 to 54.[2] The team ranked No. 11 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

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1947 Howard Bison football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2–1 (6–2–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
 1946
1948 
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1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 1 09 1 0
No. 4 Hampton 5 1 17 2 1
No. 11 Howard 6 2 16 2 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 2 15 2 1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 1 16 3 1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 3 15 4 1
Delaware State 4 3 04 4 0
Virginia Union 3 5 04 5 0
Winston-Salem State 3 3 06 3 0
North Carolina A&T 1 5 11 5 1
North Carolina College 2 6 02 7 0
Bluefield State 1 5 03 6 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 5 10 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 2 11 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Bluefield StateWashington, DCW 7–0
October 4at West Virginia State
T 0–03,000[4]
October 11at Virginia UnionW 13–7[5]
October 18Morgan State
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 14–69,500[6]
October 25Johnson C. SmithWashington, DCW 14–0
November 1at Shaw
L 14–224,000[7]
November 8Hampton
  • Brooks Field
  • Washington, DC
L 13–1910,000[8]
November 15Delaware State
  • Brooks Field
  • Washington, DC
W 27–02,500[9]
November 27at Lincoln (PA)W 29–013,000[10]
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