1947 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1947 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–5–2 (2–3–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainLeonard Finley
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Ole Miss $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1947 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1947 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 2–5–2 and a mark of 2–3–2 in conference play, placing seventh in the SEC.

Tulane was ranked at No. 59 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Alabama
W 21–2060,000[2]
October 4Georgia Tech
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–2048,000[3]
October 11at No. 16
Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
    		• L 0–3328,000[4]
    October 18Ole Miss
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
    		L 14–27> 40,000[5]
    October 25Auburn
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
    		W 40–030,000[6]
    November 1Mississippi State
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA
    		L 0–2035,000[7]
    November 15Florida
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA
    		T 7–725,000[8]
    November 22at No. 2 Notre Dame*
    		L 6–5957,000[9]
    December 6LSU
    		T 6–667,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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