The 1947 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the Pioneers compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished second in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 138.[1]
| 1947 Denver Pioneers football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–2–1 MSC) |
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| Home stadium | Denver Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denver was ranked at No. 95 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Denver Stadium in Denver.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | Kansas* | L 0–9 | 28,000 | [3] | |||
| October 4 | Oklahoma A&M* |
| W 26–14 | [4] | |||
| October 11 | Colorado A&M |
| T 13–13 | 11,200 | [5] | ||
| October 18 | at Utah | L 7–13 | 21,248 | [6] | |||
| October 25 | Texas Tech* |
| L 7–36 | 17,947 | [7] | ||
| November 1 | BYU |
| W 20–6 | [8] | |||
| November 8 | Wyoming |
| W 27–7 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | at Utah State |
| L 0–20 | [10] | |||
| November 27 | Colorado |
| W 26–20 | 28,000 | [11] | ||
| December 13 | at Hawaii* | W 27–0 | > 5,000 | [12] | |||
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