1947 Ball State Cardinals football team

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1947 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame     9 0 0
Youngstown     8 2 0
Michigan State     7 2 0
Ball State     5 1 2
Ohio Wesleyan
    6 2 1
Wayne     5 2 0
Dayton     6 3 0
Washington University     5 3 0
Detroit     6 4 0
Bowling Green     5 5 0
Xavier     4 4 1
Marquette     4 5 0
Central Michigan     2 5 1
Valparaiso
    2 5 1
Michigan State Normal     1 6 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1947 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach John Magnabosco, the Cardinals compiled a 5–1–2 record.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Ball State was ranked at No. 265 out of 500 college football teams.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Butler
T 6–68,000[3]
October 4Eastern Illinois
W 21–13[4][5]
October 11
Valparaisodagger
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
W 18–144,000[6]
October 18
Saint Joseph's (IN)
Muncie, INT 6–6[7]
October 23at
Anderson (IN)
Anderson, INW 9–03,000[8]
November 1at
Manchester
North Manchester, INW 19–0[9]
November 6at Michigan State Normal
L 7–14[10]
November 15Indiana State
W 14–0[11]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2007 Ball State Football Media Guide". Ball State University. 2007. p. 96. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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