1947 Yale Bulldogs football team

1947 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	6–3
Head coach	Howard Odell (6th season)
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
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 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1947 college football season. The Bulldogs were led by sixth year head coach Howard Odell, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished the season with a 6–3 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Merchant Marine		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 34–13	18,000
October 4	Cornell		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–0	50,000
October 11	at No. 11 Columbia	No. 14	Baker Field New York, NY	W 17–7	35,000
October 18	Wisconsin	No. 12	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–9	65,000
October 25	Springfield		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 49–0	15,000
November 1	Dartmouth		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 23–14	63,000
November 8	Brown	No. 20	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 14–20	15,000
November 15	Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–17	50,000
November 22	Harvard		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 31–21	70,896
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game