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1947 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1947
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	4–5–1
conf_record	0–3–1
head_coach	Raymond Wolf
hc_year	2nd
off_scheme	Double-wing
captain	Charlie Fields
stadium	Florida Field

The 1947 Florida Gators football team was an American football team that represented the University of Florida in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1947 college football season. The season was Raymond Wolf's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Wolf's 1947 Florida Gators finished with a 4–5–1 overall record and a 0–3–1 record in the SEC, placing last among 12 SEC teams.

On October 18, 1947, the Gators broke a 13-game post-war losing streak, dating back to the final game of the 1945 season, when they upset the 18th-ranked NC State Wolfpack, 7–6, on the Wolfpack's home field in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among the other highlights of the season, the Gators beat the in-state rival Miami Hurricanes in Miami, and ended the season with a 25–7 intersectional victory over the Kansas State Wildcats.

Florida halfback Bobby Forbes was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1947 All-SEC football team.

Florida was ranked at No. 74 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

Schedule

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References

(November 26, 1947). "Tech, Ole Miss, State Also Get 2 Berths Each". The Anniston Star.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times.
Pete Norton. (September 29, 1947). "Ole Miss Downs Gators By 14-6 Score: Rebels Take To Air To Win In Second Half". Tampa Sunday Tribune.
(October 5, 1947). "North Texas State Turns Back Florida Gators 20-12". Fort Myers News-Press.
Max Moseley. (October 12, 1947). "Tidwell Leads Auburn To Victory Over Florida". Montgomery Advertiser.
(October 19, 1947). "Florida Scores 7-6 Upset Over Highly Favored State". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Billy Carmichael. (October 26, 1947). "Tar Heels Bulldoze Florida For 35 to 7 Victory". The Daily Tar Heel.
Pete Norton. (November 2, 1947). "Forbes Leads Gators To 34-7 Victory: Florida Wins Over Furman Before 14,000". The Tampa Tribune.
F. M. Williams. (November 9, 1947). "Rauch's Passes Dazzle Gators, 34 to 6". The Atlanta Constitution.
(November 16, 1947). "Florida, Tulane Battle To 7 To 7 Deadlock". St. Petersburg Times.
Guy Butler. "Gators Smear Homecoming Despite Ghaul's 82-Yard Dash". Miami Daily News.
(November 30, 1947). "Florida Ends Season With 25-7 Win Over Kansas State". Fort Myers News-Press.
''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.)

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