1947 Lafayette Leopards football team

1947 Lafayette Leopards football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	6–3
Head coach	Ivy Williamson (1st season)
Home stadium	Fisher 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 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team represented the Lafayette College during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ivy Williamson, the team compiled a 6–3 record and was outscored by a total of 156 to 89. The Leopards lost their first two games under their new head coach, but then won six of seven games during the remainder of the season. The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Muhlenberg	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 0–38	8,000
October 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–59	51,283
October 11	Gettysburg	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 14–13	7,000
October 18	Bucknell	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 27–7	9,000
October 25	at Washington & Jefferson	Washington High School Stadium Washington, PA	W 20–12	5,500
November 1	Syracuse	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 14–7	10,000
November 8	Rutgers	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 0–20	11,000
November 15	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 7–0	5,900
November 22	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0	16,000