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
ConferenceIndependent
1947 record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1947 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26NYU
W 32–718,000[2]
October 4at Holy Cross
L 13–1916,000[3]
October 11at Syracuse
L 12–2820,000[4]
October 18Muhlenberg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–627,000[5]
October 25at Bucknell
W 21–0 10,000 [6]
November 1Oklahoma A&M
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2612,000[7]
November 8 No. 7 Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–720,000[8]
November 15Michigan State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–147,500[9]
November 22at West Virginia
L 0–2110,000[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.
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