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1947 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadium Temple Stadium
Seasons
←  1946
1948 →
1947 Eastern college football independents records
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

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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 NYU
W 32–718,000 [3]
October 4at Holy Cross
L 13–1916,000 [4]
October 11at Syracuse
L 12–2820,000 [5]
October 17 Muhlenberg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–627,000 [6]
October 25at Bucknell
W 21–0 10,000 [7]
November 1 Oklahoma 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 15 Michigan State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–147,500 [10]
November 22at West Virginia
L 0–2110,000 [11]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1947 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Temple Scores Over NYU, 32-7, As Slosburg Tallies Three Times". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. September 27, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 5, 1947). "Holy Cross Employs T Exclusively to Topple Airminded Temple, 19-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse Topples Temple: Orangemen Rally for 28-12 Upset". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. October 12, 1947. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 18, 1947). "Temple Triumphs, 7-6, Muhlenberg Losing First". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13–14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 26, 1947). "Temple Beats Bucknell, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 2, 1947). "Okla. Aggies Trim Temple, 26-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. S1, S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 9, 1947). "Temple Loses to State, 7-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 16, 1947). "Michigan St. Downs Temple, 14-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Armentrout, Charles (November 23, 1947). "Mounties Break Losing Streak; Subdue Temple 21 to 0 Score". The Sunday Register. Beckley, W.Va. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.


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