1947 Harvard Crimson football team

1947 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	4–5
Head coach	Dick Harlow (11th season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
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 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1947 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 177 to 139.

On October 11, 1947, at Charlottesville, Virginia, Harvard's Chester Middlebrook Pierce became the first African-American player to appear in a football game at a predominantly white university located south of the Potomac.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	[[{{{school}}}|Western Maryland]]	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 52–0	17,000
October 4	Boston University	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 19–14	30,000
October 11	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 0–47	24,000
October 18	Holy Cross	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–0	28,000
October 25	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–14
November 1	Rutgers	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–31	15,000
November 8	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 7–33	25,000
November 15	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–7	25,000
November 22	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 21–31	70,896