1947 Cornell Big Red football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Cornell Big Red
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–5
| head_coach = George K. James
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Walt Kretz
| stadium = Schoellkopf Field
}}
{{1947 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1947 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 161 to 126.{{cite web|title=1947 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 2, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1947-schedule.html}}
Cornell was ranked at No. 75 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.{{cite news|title=Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Times|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 18, 1947|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| attend = yes
| source = yes
| rankyear = 1947
| poll = AP
|September 27||Lehigh|Schoellkopf Field|Ithaca, NY|W 27-0|12,000|{{cite news|title=Cornell Derails Lehigh In James' Debut, 27-0|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=September 28, 1947|page=1D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28226373/cornell_derails_lehigh_in_james_debut/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 4|at|Yale|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|L 0-14|50,000|{{cite news|title=Elis Down Cornell, 14-0 On Sustained Advances|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Frank Keyes|date=October 5, 1947|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28226200/elis_down_cornell_140_on_sustained/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 11|at|Colgate|Colgate Athletic Field|Hamilton, NY (rivalry)|W 27-18|16,000|{{cite news|title=Cornell Whips Colgate, 27-18|newspaper=The Daily News (New York City)|author=Dana Mozley|date=October 12, 1947|page=107|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27950091/cornell_whips_colgate_2718/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18||Navy|Schoellkopf Field|Ithaca, NY|L 19-38|35,500|{{cite news|title=Navy Overpowers Courageous Cornell Before Record 35,500 Crowd, 38 to 19|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|author=Elliot Cushing|date=October 19, 1949|page=1D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28226040/navy_overpowers_courageous_cornell/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25|at|Princeton|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ|W 28-21|34,000|{{cite news|title=Cornell Beats Princeton on Late Passes, 28-21|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 26, 1947|pages=1S, 2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28211691/cornell_beats_princeton_on_late_passes/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 1||No. 20 Columbia (rivalry)|Schoellkopf Field|Ithaca, NY|L 0-22|25,000|{{cite news|title=Lions Outrun Stubborn Cornell|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=November 2, 1947|page=D1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28224570/lions_outrun_stubborn_cornell/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8||Syracuse|Schoellkopf Field|Ithaca, NY|W 12-6|27,000|{{cite news|title=Holland Sparks Cornell To 12-6 Win|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=November 9, 1947|page=2D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28225417/holland_sparks_cornell_to_126_win/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15|at|Dartmouth|Memorial Field|Hanover, NH (rivalry)|L 13-21|13,000|{{cite news|title=Cornell Loses To Dartmouth|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 16, 1947|page=Sports 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28214485/cornell_loses_to_dartmouth/|via=Newspapers.com}} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Nips Cornell |date=November 16, 1947 |page=22 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=New Brunswick, N.J.}}
|November 27|at|No. 8 Penn|Franklin Field|Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)|L 0-21|80,000|{{cite news|title=Whole City Gives Thanks; 80,000 See Penn Triumph|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Oliver H. Crawford|date=November 28, 1947|pages=1–2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28215865/whole_city_gives_thanks_80000_see/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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