1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football | |
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SEAC champion | |
Conference | Southeastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 10–2 (– SEAC) |
Head coach |
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Seasons ← 1946 1948 → |
The 1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Bethune Cookman College as a member of the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bunky Matthews, the team compiled a 10–2 record, shut out eight of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 331 to 66.[1] The team won the SEAC championship and was also ranked No. 2 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System.[2] The team played its home games in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Key players included quarterback "Sport" Anderson.
Bethune Cookman had a total enrollment of approximately 800 students in the fall of 1947.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | at Florida A&M |
| L 0–6 | [4][5] | |
October 4 | Edward Waters | W 33–0 | |||
October 11 | vs. Albany State | Miami, FL | W 34–0 | ||
October 18 | Savannah State | Orlando, FL | W 21–0 | [6] | |
November 1 | Morristown | W 51–7 | |||
Wilberforce | Daytona Beach, FL | W 45–6 | |||
November 8 | at Morris | Sumter, SC | W 39–0 | ||
November 15 | vs. Claflin |
| W 48–0 | [7] | |
November 22 | MacDill Field | Daytona Beach, FL | W 47–0 | [8] | |
November 27 | at Florida Normal |
| W 2–0 | > 3,000 | [9] |
December 5 | at Grambling | Ruston, LA (Lions Bowl) | L 6–47 | 8,000 | [10] |
January 1, 1948 | vs. Lane |
| W 6–0 | 3,000 | [11][12] |
References
- ^ "Bethune-Cookman Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune Cookman Opens". St. Petersburg Times. September 21, 1947. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rattlers Win Opener 6-0". The Tallahassee News-Democrat. September 28, 1947. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida A&M Downs Bethune-Cookman, 6-0". Alabama Tribune. October 3, 1947. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune Cookman Claw State, 21-0 At Orlando". St. Petersburg Times. October 26, 1947. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune-Cookman Tops Claflin '11'". The Tampa Times. November 17, 1947. p. 9.
- ^ "MacDill Team Loses". Tampa Morning Tribune. November 24, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune Cookman College Edges Win From Normal". St. Petersburg Times. November 30, 1947. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Younger Is Big Gun in Win For Grambling". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 13, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune-Cookman Wins Flower Bowl". St. Petersburg Times. January 2, 1948. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bethune-Cookman Beats Lane 6-0 in Flower Bowl". The Pittsburgh Courier. January 10, 1948. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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