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1947 San Francisco 49ers season

{{Short description | "1947 San Francisco 49ers season statistics"}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox NFL season

| team = San Francisco 49ers

| year = 1947

| record = 8–4–2

| division_place = 2nd AAFC West

| owner=Tony Morabito

| general manager= John Blackinger

| coach = Buck Shaw

| stadium = Kezar Stadium

| radio = KYA

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| shortnavlink = 49ers seasons

}}

The 1947 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's second season in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). They began the season hoping to improve upon the previous season's output of 9–5, and they had a similar output this season, 8–4–2.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/1947.htm 1947 San Francisco 49ers] The team did have its first tie[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710050bcl.htm San Francisco 49ers 28 at Baltimore Colts 28] in franchise history, a 28–28 standoff in week 6 against the Baltimore Colts. For the second time in as many seasons, the 49ers placed 2nd[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1947_AAFC/ 1947 AAFC Standings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726182429/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1947_AAFC/ |date=July 26, 2013 }} in the West division, coming one spot short of playing in the league championship game.

The team's statistical leaders included Frankie Albert with 1,692 passing yards, Johnny Strzykalski with 906 rushing yards, and Alyn Beals with 655 receiving yards and 60 points scored.{{cite web|title=1947 San Francisco 49ers Statistics & Players|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=March 1, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/1947.htm}}

Although the All-America Football Conference was integrated from its inception, the 1947 49ers did not have a single black player on their roster.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-afro-american-piggott-tallies-for-lo/160146466/ "Piggott Tallies,"] The Afro-American [Baltimore], Nov. 8, 1947, p. 14.

Personnel

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Preseason

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! 1

| {{dow tooltip|August 14, 1947}}

| Los Angeles Dons

| L 7–14

| 0–1

| Kezar Stadium

| 40,000

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|{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1947aafcsf.html|title=1947 San Francisco 49ers season|publisher=Pro Football Archives|access-date=October 28, 2023}}

Schedule

File:Dons-vs-Fortyniners-program-471102.jpg

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! 1

| August 31

| Brooklyn Dodgers

| W 23–7

| 1–0

| Kezar Stadium

| 31,874

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194708310sfo.htm Recap]

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! 2

| September 7

| Los Angeles Dons

| W 17–14

| 2–0

| Kezar Stadium

| 31,298

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709070sfo.htm Recap]

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! 3

| September 14

| Baltimore Colts

| W 14–7

| 3–0

| Kezar Stadium

| 25,787

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709140sfo.htm Recap]

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! 4

| September 21

| New York Yankees

| L 16–21

| 3–1

| Kezar Stadium

| 52,819

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709210sfo.htm Recap]

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! 5

| September 28

| at Buffalo Bills

| W 41–24

| 4–1

| Civic Stadium

| 36,099

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194709280bba.htm Recap]

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! 6

| October 5

| at Baltimore Colts

| T 28–28

| 4–1–1

| Memorial Stadium

| 29,556

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710050bcl.htm Recap]

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! 7

| October 12

| Chicago Rockets

| W 42–28

| 5–1–1

| Kezar Stadium

| 23,300

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710120sfo.htm Recap]

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! 8

| October 26

| Cleveland Browns

| L 7–14

| 5–2–1

| Kezar Stadium

| 54,483

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194710260sfo.htm Recap]

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! 9

| November 2

| at Los Angeles Dons

| W 26–16

| 6–2–1

| L.A. Memorial Coliseum

| 53,726

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711020lda.htm Recap]

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! 10

| November 9

| at New York Yankees

| L 16–24

| 6–3–1

| Yankee Stadium

| 37,342

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711090naa.htm Recap]

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! 11

| November 16

| at Cleveland Browns

| L 14–37

| 6–4–1

| Cleveland Municipal Stadium

| 76,504

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711160cle.htm Recap]

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! 12

| {{dow tooltip|November 21, 1947}}

| at Chicago Rockets

| W 41–16

| 7–4–1

| Soldier Field

| 5,791

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711210cra.htm Recap]

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! 13

| {{dow tooltip|November 27, 1947}}

| at Brooklyn Dodgers

| W 21–7

| 8–4–1

| Ebbets Field

| 9,837

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194711270bda.htm Recap]

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! 14

| December 7

| Buffalo Bills

| T 21–21

| 8–4–2

| Kezar Stadium

| 22,943

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194712070sfo.htm Recap]

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|colspan="10"| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

{{1947 AAFC Western standings}}

References

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