1947 Clark Panthers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Clark Panthers
| sport = football
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| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SIAC
| record = 4–3–1
| conf_record = 3–2–1
| head_coach = Marion M. Curry
| hc_year = 1st
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{{1947 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1947 Clark Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Clark College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1947 college football season. In its first year under head coach Marion M. Curry, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record, 3–2–1 against conference opponents. The team was ranked No. 21 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.{{cite news|title=Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 6, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070100/tennessee_no_1_in_natl_grid_ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
End Grady Williams was the team captain. Other key players included quarterback George Gray and halfbacks Schley Williamson and Johnny Richards. Albert Watts and Dean Charlton Hamilton were assistant coaches.{{cite news|title=Clark|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=September 20, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40970155/clark/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 27||Wiley
|October 9|vs|Tuskegee|Rickwood Field|Birmingham, AL|L 0-13||{{cite news|title=Tuskegee Golden Tigers Top Clark Panthers, 13-0|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=October 10, 1947|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40671308/tuskegee_golden_tigers_top_clark/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18|at|Fort Benning, 25th Combat Team|Doughboy Stadium|Fort Benning, GA|W 13-0||{{cite news|title=Clark College Blasts Fort Benning 13-0|newspaper=Alabama Tribune|date=October 24, 1947|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40959087/clark_college_blasts_fort_benning_130/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Alabama State Hornets|title=Alabama State}}|Hornet Stadium|Montgomery, AL|W 12-6||{{cite news|title=Clark Beats 'Bama State|newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser|date=October 26, 1947|page=6B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40970029/clark_beats_bama_state/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 1||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Morehouse Maroon Tigers|title=Morehouse}}
|November 8|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Xavier Gold Rush|title=Xavier (LA)}}||New Orleans, LA|T 6-6||{{cite news|title=Xavier and Clark Tie|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=November 15, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40960134/xavier_and_clark_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15||Florida A&M||Atlanta, GA|L 6-33||{{cite news|title=Famcee Tops Clark 33-6|newspaper=The Tallahassee News-Democrat|date=November 16, 1947|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40834516/famcee_tops_clark_336/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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