1947 Penn Quakers football team

1947 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 7
1947 record	7–0–1
Head coach	George Munger (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Captain	Jerry McCarthy
Captain	Bill Luongo
Home stadium	Franklin Field (Capacity: 78,000)
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 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1947 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 219 to 35, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The team's lone setback was a 7–7 tie with Army.

Munger was Penn's head coach for 16 years; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976. In addition, three players from the 1947 team were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: center/linebacker Chuck Bednarik; tackle George Savitsky; and halfback Skip Minisi. Bednarik was a consensus first-team All-American; he also finished seventh in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Lafayette		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 59–0	51,283
October 11	at Dartmouth	No. 7	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 32–0	12,000
October 18	Columbia	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 34–14	70,000
October 25	Navy	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0	80,000
November 1	at Princeton	No. 4	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–7	49,000
November 8	No. 10 Virginia	No. 4	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–7	79,000
November 15	No. 13 Army	No. 4	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7	80,000
November 27	Cornell	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–0	80,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game