The 1947 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 127 to 102.[1]
| 1947 Dartmouth Indians football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4–1 |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Penn | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Columbia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dartmouth was ranked at No. 66 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Holy Cross | T 0–0 | 22,000 | [3] | |||
| October 4 | at Syracuse | W 28–7 | 18,000 | [4] | |||
| October 11 | No. 7 Penn | L 0–32 | 12,000 | [5] | |||
| October 18 | Brown |
| W 13–10 | 10,000 | [6] | ||
| October 25 | at Harvard | W 14–13 | 35,000 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | at Yale | L 14–23 | 63,000 | [8] | |||
| November 8 | at No. 17 Columbia | L 0–15 | 10,000 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | Cornell |
| W 21–13 | 13,000 | [10] | ||
| November 22 | at Princeton | L 12–14 | 26,000 | [11] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1947 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jerry Nason (September 28, 1947). "Holy Cross Halted Thrice Inside Five, Green Never Threatens in 0-0 Draw". The Boston Globe. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indians Wallop Syracuse: Dartmouth Wins by 28-7". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 5, 1947. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Morrow (October 12, 1947). "Penn's Fourth-Period Drives Crush Dartmouth Eleven, 32-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dartmouth Nips Brown With Tally in Last 11 Seconds Of Game, 13-10". Hartford Courant. October 19, 1947. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jerry Nason (October 26, 1947). "Dartmouth Trips Harvard, 14-13". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 32 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Harvard by 14-13 Score". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. October 26, 1947. p. 34.
- ^ Hy Turkin (November 2, 1947). "Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Columbia Beats Dartmouth, 15-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1947. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Loses To Dartmouth". The Baltimore Sun. November 16, 1947. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Woliston (November 23, 1947). "Princeton Edges Dartmouth, 14-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Cornell". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. November 16, 1947. p. 22.
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