1947 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1947 Kentucky Wildcats football
Great Lakes Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Villanova
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1947 record	8–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

1947 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Ole Miss $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1947 college football season. The team scored 175 points while allowing 73 points. Led by head coach Bear Bryant, the Wildcats won the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl.

Season

The 1947 Kentucky team was ranked in the AP Poll during three weeks of the season: #20 on October 13, #14 on October 20, and #13 on October 27 (with a 5-1 record).^[1]

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Wildcats points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 20	at Ole Miss	Loss	7	14	0-1
2	Sept. 27	Cincinnati	Win	20	0	1-1
3	Oct. 4	at Xavier	Win	20	7	2-1
4	Oct. 11	#9 Georgia	Win	26	0	3-1, #20
5	Oct. 18	at #10 Vanderbilt	Win	14	0	4-1, #14
6	Oct. 25	at Michigan State	Win	7	6	5-1, #13
7	Nov. 1	#18 Alabama	Loss	0	13	5-2
8	Nov. 8	at West Virginia	Win	15	6	6-2
9	Nov. 15	Evansville	Win	36	0	7-2
10	Nov. 22	Tennessee	Loss	6	13	7-3
11	Dec. 6	Villanova	Win	24	14	8-3

^[2]

References

↑ AP Poll Archive
↑ 1997 Kentucky Football Media Guide, p.168, 207

Kentucky Wildcats football
Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Kroger Field (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band 2003 Arkansas game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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