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1947 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumSentinel Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pepperdine     9 0 0
Hawaii     8 5 0
Nevada     7 2 0
San Francisco     7 3 0
Cal Poly San Dimas     4 4 1
Santa Clara     4 4 0
La Verne     3 4 0
Idaho State     3 5 1
Loyola (CA)     3 7 0
Saint Mary's     3 7 0
Portland     1 7 0

The 1947 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] during the 1947 college football season.[1] The Waves played home games at Sentinel Field on the campus of Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. Pepperdine finished the season with an undefeated record of nine wins and no losses (9–0), dominating their opponents by scoring 349 points and allowing only 26 over the entire season. They had five consecutive shutouts to finish the season, with no opponent scoring more than seven points all year.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Arizona State–Flagstaff[note 2]
W 60–7[2]
October 4RedlandsW 21–6[3]
October 11Arizona State[note 3]
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, California
W 27–610,249[4]
October 18Moiliili Bears (HI)
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, California
W 34–7[5]
October 25Whittier
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, California
W 45–07,851
November 8at Cal Poly[note 4]W 47–0
November 15Humboldt State[note 5]
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, California
W 56–09,000[6]
November 22Caltech
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, California
W 46–0[7]
December 5at Loyola (CA)[note 6]
W 13–08,000[8]

[9][10]

Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine Waves were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.[11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. ^ Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College at Flagstaff from 1945 to 1957.
  3. ^ Arizona State University was known as Arizona State College from 1945 to 1957.
  4. ^ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  5. ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. ^ Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930 to 1973.

References

  1. ^ "Pepperdine Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Pepperdine Triumphs, 60-7". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 28, 1947. p. 18. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Pepperdine Waves Roll Over Redlands Bulldogs, 21 to 6". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 6, 1947. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ "Sun Devils' Fumbles Gain Pepperdine Win In Coast Tilt, 27-6". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 12, 1947. p. 33. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "Moiliili Bears Defeated by Pepperdine". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 20, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ "Pepperdine Crushes Humboldt State, 56-0". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 17, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^ "Horn Scores 109th As Pepperdine Wins". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 23, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ^ "Pepperdine Beats Loyola". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. December 6, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  9. ^ "1947 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  10. ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  11. ^ "1948 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  12. ^ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.