1947 Dartmouth Indians football team

1947 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	4–4–1
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (5th season)
Home stadium	Memorial 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 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 127 to 102. The team played its home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 0–0
October 4	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 28–7	18,000
October 11	No. 7 Penn	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–32	12,000
October 18	Brown	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 13–10	10,000
October 25	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 14–13
November 1	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–23	63,000
November 8	at No. 17 Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–15	10,000
November 15	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 21–13
November 22	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 12–14	26,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game