1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
| sport = football
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| conference = Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = CIAA
| record = 7–2–1
| conf_record = 4–1–1
| head_coach= Mark Cardwell
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Lakin Field
}}
{{1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and ranked No. 14 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}} The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.
Schedule
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|September 27||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Virginia Union Panthers|title=Virginia Union}}|||W 19-12||
|October 4||Howard|Lakin Field|Institute, WV|T 0-0|3,000|{{cite news|title=Howard Holds Haughty W. Va. State: Bison in Surprise Deadlock With W. Va.|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=October 11, 1947|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40590017/howard_holds_haughty_w_va_state/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 11||Kentucky State
|October 18||Tennessee A&I
|October 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}|Memorial Stadium|Greensboro, NC|W 7-0||
|November 1||Bluefield State|||W 6-0||
|November 8|at|Virginia State|Rogers Field|Petersburg, VA|L 0-19|2,500|{{cite news|title=Va. State Kayoes w. Va.: W. Va. Blows Up; Trojans Win, 19-0|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=November 9, 1947|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40460696/va_state_kayoes_w_va_w_va_blows/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}|||W 25-0||
|November 22|at|Wilberforce State
|November 27||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Wilberforce Bulldogs|title=Wilberforce}}
}}
References
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