1947 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1947 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainGene Corum
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princess Anne   –   8 – 0 – 0
Grambling   –   11 – 2 – 0
Sewanee   –   6 – 1 – 1
Memphis State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Texas State   –   9 – 3 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   6 – 4 – 0
East Tennessee State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Catholic University   –   3 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   4 – 4 – 0
Georgetown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga   –   4 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech   –   4 – 7 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   2 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCUNC   –   1 – 3 – 0
Florida State   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1947 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Bill Kern, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 252 to 84.[1][2]

West Virginia was ranked at No. 42 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[3]

The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Eugene Corum was the team captain.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27
Otterbein
W 59–015,000[5]
October 4vs. Washington and Lee
W 35–611,000[6]
October 11
Waynesburg
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 60–78,000[7]
October 18at NYU
W 40–08,000[8]
October 25at No. 9 Penn State
L 14–2122,000[9]
November 1at Maryland
L 0–2716,500[10]
November 8Kentucky
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 6–1526,500[11]
November 15 No. 15 Virginia
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 0–618,000[12]
November 22Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 21–010,000[13]
November 29at Pittsburgh
W 17–215,000[14]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1947 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. p. 176.
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  4. ^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
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