1947 Temple Owls football team

The 1947 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach William Leckonby, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 128 to 91.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1947 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	3–6
Head coach	Ray Morrison (8th season)
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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
Harvard			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	NYU	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 32–7	18,000	[2]
October 4	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 13–19	16,000	[3]
October 11	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 12–28	20,000	[4]
October 18	Muhlenberg	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6	27,000	[5]
October 25	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 21–0	10,000	[6]
November 1	Oklahoma A&M	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26	12,000	[7]
November 8	No. 7 Penn State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	20,000	[8]
November 15	Michigan State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–14	7,500	[9]
November 22	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–21	10,000	[10]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1947 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
2. "Temple Scores Over NYU, 32-7, As Slosburg Tallies Three Times". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. September 27, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Fitzgerald, Tom (October 5, 1947). "Holy Cross Employs T Exclusively to Topple Airminded Temple, 19-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Syracuse Topples Temple: Orangemen Rally for 28-12 Upset". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. October 12, 1947. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com.
5. Baumgartner, Stan (October 18, 1947). "Temple Triumphs, 7-6, Muhlenberg Losing First". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13–14 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Baumgartner, Stan (October 26, 1947). "Temple Beats Bucknell, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Baumgartner, Stan (November 2, 1947). "Okla. Aggies Trim Temple, 26-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. S1, S2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Baumgartner, Stan (November 9, 1947). "Temple Loses to State, 7-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Baumgartner, Stan (November 16, 1947). "Michigan St. Downs Temple, 14-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Armentrout, Charles (November 23, 1947). "Mounties Break Losing Streak; Subdue Temple 21 to 0 Score". The Sunday Register. Beckley, W.Va. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.