1947 Hampton Pirates football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Hampton Pirates
| sport = football
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| conference = Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf= CIAA
| record = 7–2–1
| conf_record = 5–1–1
| head_coach = James Griffin
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Armstrong Field
| bowl = Orange Blossom Classic
| bowl_result = L 0–7 vs. Florida A&M
}}
{{1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1947 Hampton Pirates football team was an American football team that represented Hampton Institute in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third non-consecutive year under head coach James Griffin, the Pirates compiled a 7–2–1 record, lost to Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic, and outscored opponents by a total of 107 to 63.{{cite web|title=Hampton Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 11, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/h/hampton/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905214911/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/h/hampton/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2015}} Hampton ranked No. 4 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}}
Schedule
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|September 27||Fort Bragg 555th Paratroop Battalion
|October 4||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls|title=Johnson C. Smith}}|Armstrong Field|Hampton, VA|W 13-8||
|October 11|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}|Municipal Stadium|Greensboro, NC|W 7-0|5,000|{{cite news|title=Hampton Pirates Sink Aggies in Final Minutes, 7-0|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=October 18, 1947|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40449279/hampton_pirates_sink_aggies_in_final/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18||Tuskegee
|October 25||Virginia State
|November 1||Lincoln (PA)|Armstrong Field|Hampton, VA|T 0-0||
|November 8|at|Howard|Brooks Field|Washington, DC|W 19-14|10,000|{{cite news|title=Casey Sparkles as Hampton Tops Howard|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=November 15, 1947|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40448784/casey_sparkles_as_hampton_tops_howard/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15||Morgan State|Armstrong Field|Hampton, VA|L 0-9|1,800|{{cite news|title=Morgan Sinks Hampton, 9-0: Bears Claw Pirates On Field of Water|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=November 22, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40447350/morgan_sinks_hampton_90_bears_claw/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 27|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Virginia Union Panthers|title=Virginia Union}}|Hovey Field|Richmond, VA|W 14-13|4,000|{{cite news|title=Casey Scores Twice to Help Hampton Top Union, 14-13|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 6, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40447078/casey_scores_twice_to_help_hampton_top/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 6|vs|Florida A&M
}}