1947 Loyola Lions football team

The 1947 Loyola Lions football team was an American football team that represented Loyola University of Los Angeles (now known as Loyola Marymount University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Sargent, the Lions compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored, 224 to 186.[1]

1947 Loyola Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
1947 record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumGilmore Stadium/Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1947 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Pepperdine   –    9 –0 –0
Hawaii   –    8 –5 –0
Nevada   –    7 –2 –0
San Francisco   –    7 –3 –0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –    4 –4 –1
Santa Clara   –    4 –4 –0
La Verne   –    3 –4 –0
Idaho State   –    3 –5 –1
Loyola (CA)   –    3 –7 –0
Saint Mary's   –    3 –7 –0
Portland   –    1 –7 –0

The season included three games against teams from Hawaii's Senior League, including two games played in Honolulu, and the first game of a home-and-away series against Mexico's national military academy, Heroico Colegio Militar.[2]

Sargent, a Loyola alumnus, was named as Loyola's head football coach and athletic director in February 1947. Sargent was 39 years old at the time of his hiring and had previously been the head coach at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He replaced Tony DeLellis who resigned one week earlier.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Heroico Colegio Militar
W 67–2[4]
October 3Pacific
  • Gilmore Stadium
  • Los Angeles
L 7–2512,000[5]
October 10Leilehua (Honolulu All-Stars)
  • Gilmore Stadium
  • Los Angeles
L 29–314,000[6]
October 17Redlands
  • Gilmore Stadium
  • Los Angeles
W 19–165,500[7]
October 24Saint Mary's
L 7–5712,000[8]
November 8at San Diego State
L 12–137,000[9]
November 14San Francisco
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles
L 6–416,396[10]
November 20at Olympic Club (Hawaii Senior League)
W 32–02,000[11]
November 26at Leilehua (Honolulu All-Stars)
  • Honolulu Stadium
  • Honolulu
L 7–2615,000[12]
December 5Pepperdine
  • Gilmore Stadium
  • Los Angeles
L 0–138,000[13]

References
  1. "Loyola Marymount Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. "Mexico Eleven to Play Loyola". Los Angeles Times. August 27, 1947. p. I-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bill Sargent Named Coach at Loyola U." Los Angeles Times. February 5, 1947. p. I-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Charles Curtis (September 29, 1947). "Cadets Handed 67-2 Setback by Loyolans". Los Angeles Times. p. I-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Charles Curtis (October 4, 1947). "Pacific Lays Lions Low by 25-7 Margin". Los Angeles Times. p. I-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Leilehuas Edge Loyola, 31-29, at Los Angeles". Honolulu Star Bulletin. October 11, 1947. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Charles Curtis (October 19, 1947). "Lucky Lions Shade Bulldogs, 19 to 16". Los Angeles Times. p. I-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Charles Curtis (October 25, 1947). "Loyola Crushed by Gaels, 57-7". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-9, I-11.
  9. Charles Curtis (November 9, 1947). "Aztecs Rally to Nip Loyola Lions by 13-12". Los Angeles Times. p. I-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Charles Curtis (November 15, 1947). "Dons Ruin Loyola by 41-6 Count". Los Angeles Times. p. I-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Monte Ito (November 21, 1947). "Loyola Outclasses Olympics, 32-0". The Honolulu Advertiser. pp. 14, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Leilehua Trounces Loyola, 26 to 7: Dick Asato Scores Twice on Long Runs". The Honolulu Advertiser. November 27, 1947. pp. 10–11 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Charles Curtis (December 6, 1947). "Pepperdine Turns Back Loyola Lions, 13 to 0". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-9, I-10.
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