1947 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 6–3
| head_coach = Howard Odell
| hc_year = 6th
| captain = Endicott P. Davison{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/yale1964/page/n35/mode/2up |magazine=Yale Football Media Guide |title=Year By Year Scores: 1947 |page=70 |date=1964 |accessdate=November 26, 2024 |via=Internet Archive}}
| stadium = Yale Bowl
}}
{{1947 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1947 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1947 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1947-schedule.html|title=1947 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 8, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Yale Game by Game Results|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-date=November 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116054927/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/y/yale/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
Yale was ranked at No. 53 (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
| rankyear = 1947
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = w
| opponent = Merchant Marine
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 34–13
| attend = 18,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Nadherny's Play Enables Yale To Win|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Bill Lee|date=September 28, 1947|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27990359/nadhernys_play_enables_yale_to_win/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 14–0
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{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}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 14
| opponent = Columbia
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Baker Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 17–7
| attend = 35,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Eli Overpower Lions With Air Attack, 17-7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27938593/eli_overpower_lions_with_air_attack/|newspaper=The Daily News (New York City)|date=October 12, 1947|page=103|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = l
| rank = 12
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 0–9
| attend = 65,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Wisconsin Overcomes Yale In Bitterly Contested Game Before 65,000, By 9-0 Score|newspaper=Hartford Courant|author=Bill Lee|date=October 19, 1947|pages=IV-1, IV-5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28438805/wisconsin_overcomes_yale_in_bitterly/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = Springfield
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 49–0
| attend = 15,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale Wallops Springfield By 49-0 Score|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 26, 1947|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28249134/yale_wallops_springfield_by_490_score/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = w
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 23–14
| attend = 63,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14|newspaper=The Daily News (New York City)|author=Hy Turkin|date=November 2, 1947|page=C41|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28214800/elis_top_dartmouth_2314/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = l
| rank = 20
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 14–20
| attend = 15,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Surprising Brown Eleven Upsets Yale By 20 To 14|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Roger Dover|date=November 9, 1947|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28220049/surprising_brown_eleven_upsets_yale_by/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–17
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale Beaten By Princeton|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Mort Berry|date=November 16, 1947|page=33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28210608/yale_beaten_by_princeton/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = w
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 31–21
| attend = 70,896
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale Power Quells Fiery Crimson, 31-21|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Vern Miller|date=November 23, 1947|pages=27, 30|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28206876/yale_power_quells_fiery_crimson_3121/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
Rankings
{{see also|1947 college football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = AP
| poll1firstweek = 1
| poll1lastweek = 10
| poll1_1=14
| poll1_2=12
| poll1_3=NR
| poll1_4=NR
| poll1_5=20
| poll1_6=NR
| poll1_7=NR
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
| poll1_10=NR
}}