1947 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1947 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record6–2 (4–1 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadium McNaspy Stadium
Seasons
  1946
1948  
1947 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Louisiana Tech $ 5 0 05 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana 4 1 06 2 0
Northwestern State 3 2 04 5 0
Southeastern Louisiana 2 3 03 5 1
Centenary 1 4 01 9 1
Louisiana College 0 4 01 5 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1947 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1947 college football season. In their first year under head coach Gee Mitchell, the team compiled a 6–2 record. [1] [2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 177 out of 500 college football teams. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Stephen F. Austin * Nacogdoches, TX W 24–6
October 4 Southeastern Louisiana W 40–7
October 11 Livingston *
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 26–0
October 18 Mississippi Southern *
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 7–15 [4]
October 25 Louisiana College
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 38–7
November 1at Louisiana Tech
L 0–9 [5]
November 8at Centenary W 21–7 [6]
November 27 Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 9–7
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. Fogleman, Owen, ed. (1948). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 190–204. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Southerners trounce Southwestern, 15 to 7". Monroe Morning World. October 19, 1947. Retrieved April 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bulldogs lose to Louisiana Tech by 9–0 score". The Daily Advertiser. November 1, 1947. Retrieved June 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "SLI whips Gents". The Daily Advertiser. November 10, 1947. Retrieved July 12, 2021 via Newspapers.com.