1947 Wiley Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Wiley Wildcats
| sport = football
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| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SWAC
| record = 5–3–1
| conf_record = 3–3–1
| head_coach = Fred T. Long
| hc_year = 25th
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1947 Wiley Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Wiley College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 25th season under head coach Fred T. Long, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the SWAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 126 to 58.{{cite web|title=1947 - Wiley (TX)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=December 15, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=3560&year=1947|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911133939/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=3560&year=1947|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2015}} Southern ranked No. 8 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}}
On October 25, 1947, the team played its first night game at Wiley Field against the Lane Dragons.{{cite news|title=Wiley Opens Home Season Saturday|newspaper=Marshall News Messenger|date=October 24, 1947|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40611677/wiley_opens_home_season_saturday/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 27|at|Clark (GA)
|October 4|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Arkansas AM&N Lions|title=Arkansas AM&N}}||Pine Bluff, AR|W 26-0||{{cite news|title=Wildcats Down Arkansas State|newspaper=Marshall News Messenger|date=October 5, 1947|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40613388/wildcats_down_arkansas_state/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13|vs|Prairie View A&M|Cotton Bowl|Dallas, TX (State Fair of Texas Negro Day Classic)|L 6-12||{{cite news|title=Marshall Football Clubs Hit Road for Games This Week-End|newspaper=Marshall News Messenger|date=October 13, 1947|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40613601/marshall_football_clubs_hit_road_for/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25||Lane
|November 8||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Langston Lions|title=Langston}}|Wiley Field|Marshall, TX|W 20-2||{{cite news|title=Wiley Defeats Langston, 20 to 2|newspaper=Marshall News Messenger|date=November 10, 1947|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40612827/wiley_defeats_langston_20_to_2/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 15|at|Southern|University Stadium|Baton Rouge, LA|L 0-23||
|November 22|at|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Samuel Huston Dragons|title=Samuel Huston}}||Austin, TX|W 6-0||
|November 27||Texas College
|December 6||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Bishop Tigers|title=Bishop}}|Wiley Field|Marshall, TX|T 0-0||{{cite news|title=Wiley, Bishop in 0 to 0 tie|newspaper=Marshall News Messenger|date=December 7, 1947|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40612937/wiley_bishop_in_0_to_0_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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