1947 Cornell Big Red football team

1947 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	4–5
Head coach	George K. James (1st season)
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Penn			–					7	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Columbia			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	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
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1947 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 161 to 126.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Lehigh	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–0	12,000
October 4	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14	50,000
October 11	at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 27–18	16,000
October 18	Navy	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 19–38
October 25	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 28–21	34,000
November 1	No. 20 Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–22	25,000
November 8	Syracuse	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 12–6	27,000
November 15	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 13–21
November 27	at No. 8 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–21	80,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game