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1947 Wiley Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–3–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Southern $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Prairie View A&M 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
No. 16 Texas College 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 3
Bishop 3 – 2 – 2 3 – 4 – 3
No. 20 Wiley 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Langston 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Samuel Huston 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 9 – 0
Arkansas AM&N 0 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Wiley Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Wiley College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 25th season under head coach Fred T. Long, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the SWAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 126 to 58.[2] Southern ranked No. 8 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.[3]

On October 25, 1947, the team played its first night game at Wiley Field against the Lane Dragons.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Clark (GA)*
W 40–7[5][6]
October 4at Arkansas AM&NPine Bluff, ARW 26–0[7]
October 13vs. Prairie View A&M
L 6–12[8]
October 25Lane*
W 22–7[9]
November 8Langston
  • Wiley Field
  • Marshall, TX
W 20–2[10]
November 15at Southern
L 0–23
November 22at Samuel HustonAustin, TXW 6–0
November 27Texas Collegedagger
  • Wiley Field
  • Marshall, TX
L 6–7> 6,000[11]
December 6Bishop
  • Wiley Field
  • Marshall, TX
T 0–0[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1947 - Wiley (TX)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wiley Opens Home Season Saturday". Marshall News Messenger. October 24, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wiley Tramples Clark U. 40-7". Marshall News Messenger. September 28, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wiley College Wildcats Smother Clark College Panthers, 40-7". Alabama Tribune. October 3, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wildcats Down Arkansas State". Marshall News Messenger. October 5, 1947. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Marshall Football Clubs Hit Road for Games This Week-End". Marshall News Messenger. October 13, 1947. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wiley Thumps Lane, 22 to 7". Marshall News Messenger. October 26, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wiley Defeats Langston, 20 to 2". Marshall News Messenger. November 10, 1947. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Texas College Edges Wiley, 7-6". Marshall News Messenger. November 28, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wiley, Bishop in 0 to 0 tie". Marshall News Messenger. December 7, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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