1947 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1947 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 127 to 102.[1]

1947 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1947 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Penn State   –  9 –0 –1
No. 7 Penn   –  7 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –  9 –1 –0
Buffalo   –  8 –1 –0
No. 20 Columbia   –  7 –2 –0
No. 11 Army   –  5 –2 –2
Yale   –  6 –3 –0
Villanova   –  6 –3 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –  5 –3 –0
Princeton   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –3 –1
Boston College   –  5 –4 –0
Brown   –  4 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –  4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –  4 –4 –2
Springfield   –  4 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –5 –0
Cornell   –  4 –5 –0
Syracuse   –  3 –6 –0
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  2 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –5 –2
Temple   –  2 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –  2 –8 –0
Fordham   –  1 –6 –1
Merchant Marine   –  2 –9 –0
Pittsburgh   –  1 –8 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  0 –6 –0
Drexel   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Dartmouth was ranked at No. 66 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

The team played its home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Holy Cross
T 0–022,000[3]
October 4at Syracuse
W 28–718,000[4]
October 11 No. 7 Penn
L 0–3212,000[5]
October 18Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 13–1010,000[6]
October 25at Harvard
W 14–1335,000[7]
November 1at Yale
L 14–2363,000[8]
November 8at No. 17 Columbia
L 0–1510,000[9]
November 15Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 21–1313,000[10]
November 22at Princeton
L 12–1426,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1947 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Jerry Nason (September 28, 1947). "Holy Cross Halted Thrice Inside Five, Green Never Threatens in 0-0 Draw". The Boston Globe. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Indians Wallop Syracuse: Dartmouth Wins by 28-7". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 5, 1947. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Art Morrow (October 12, 1947). "Penn's Fourth-Period Drives Crush Dartmouth Eleven, 32-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dartmouth Nips Brown With Tally in Last 11 Seconds Of Game, 13-10". Hartford Courant. October 19, 1947. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Jerry Nason (October 26, 1947). "Dartmouth Trips Harvard, 14-13". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 32 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Harvard by 14-13 Score". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. October 26, 1947. p. 34.
  8. Hy Turkin (November 2, 1947). "Elis Top Dartmouth, 23-14". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Columbia Beats Dartmouth, 15-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 9, 1947. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Cornell Loses To Dartmouth". The Baltimore Sun. November 16, 1947. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Jack Woliston (November 23, 1947). "Princeton Edges Dartmouth, 14-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Cornell". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. November 16, 1947. p. 22.


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