1947 Pacific Tigers football team
| 1947 Pacific Tigers football | |
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CCAA champion | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1947 record | 10–1 (5–0 CCAA) |
| Head coach | Larry Siemering (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Baxter Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Pacific Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Pacific (COP)[note 1] during the 1947 college football season.
COP competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). In their first season under head coach Larry Siemering, the Tigers were champion of the CCAA, had ten wins and one loss (10–1, 5–0 CCAA) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 373 to 111. At the end of the season, the Tigers were invited to two different bowl games. The first was the Grape Bowl in Lodi, California versus Utah State. The second was a New Year's Day (1948) game, the Raisin Bowl in Fresno, California against Wichita. The Tigers were victorious in both of the bowl games.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 26 | Willamette* | Baxter Stadium • Stockton, CA | W 56–0 | ||||||
| October 3 | at Loyola[note 2]* | Gilmore Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | W 25–7 | ||||||
| October 11 | San Diego State | Baxter Stadium • Stockton, CA | W 13–0 | 8,000[1] | |||||
| October 18 | Santa Clara* |
Baxter Stadium • Stockton, CA | L 20–21 | ||||||
| October 25 | at Cal Poly | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 41–7 | ||||||
| October 31 | at San Jose State | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA | W 14–0 | ||||||
| November 7 | at Santa Barbara[note 3] | La Playa Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA | W 44–19 | ||||||
| November 14 | South Dakota* | Baxter Stadium • Stockton, CA | W 52–0 | ||||||
| November 21 | Fresno State[note 4] | Baxter Stadium • Stockton, CA | W 47–22 | ||||||
| December 13 | Utah State* | Grape Bowl • Lodi, CA (Grape Bowl) | W 35–21 | ||||||
| January 1 | Wichita* | Ratcliffe Stadium • Fresno, CA (Raisin Bowl) | W 26–14 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
No College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]
Notes
- ↑ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911–1961. See: University of the Pacific
- ↑ Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930–1973. See: Loyola Marymount
- ↑ UC Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944–1956. See: UC Santa Barbara
- ↑ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State Normal School from 1911–1948. See: Fresno State
References
- ↑ "Aztecs Trailing In First Half". The San Diego Union. October 12, 1947. p. 2-B.
- ↑ "1947 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ↑ "1948 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.