1947 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1947 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Tangerine Bowl, L 0–7 vs. Catawba
Conference Independent
1947 record 9–3
Head coach Cam Henderson
Home stadium Fairfield Stadium
1947 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –0
Pepperdine   –    9 –0 –0
No. 4 Penn State   –    9 –0 –1
No. 7 Penn   –    7 –0 –1
Rutgers   –    8 –1 –0
Toledo   –    9 –2 –0
No. 11 Army   –    5 –2 –2
No. 20 Columbia   –    7 –2 –0
Michigan State   –    7 –2 –0
Nevada   –    7 –2 –0
Marshall   –    9 –3 –0
San Francisco   –    7 –3 –0
Virginia   –    7 –3 –0
Yale   –    6 –3 –0
Villanova   –    6 –3 –1
Detroit   –    6 –4 –0
West Virginia   –    6 –4 –0
Boston University   –    5 –3 –0
Princeton   –    5 –3 –0
Boston College   –    5 –4 –0
Western Michigan   –    5 –4 –0
Santa Clara   –    4 –4 –0
Dartmouth   –    4 –4 –1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –    4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –    4 –4 –2
Harvard   –    4 –5 –0
Cornell   –    4 –5 –0
Marquette   –    4 –5 –0
Montana State   –    4 –5 –0
Georgetown   –    3 –4 –1
Syracuse   –    3 –6 –0
Loyola (CA)   –    3 –7 –0
Saint Mary's   –    3 –7 –0
NYU   –    2 –5 –1
Central Michigan   –    2 –5 –1
Temple   –    2 –6 –0
Miami (FL)   –    2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –    2 –8 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    1 –6 –0
Fordham   –    1 –6 –1
Portland   –    1 –7 –0
Navy   –    1 –7 –1
Pittsburgh   –    1 –8 –0
Drexel   –    0 –8 –0
Florida State   –    0 –5 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in 1947 college football season. Marshall appeared in their first bowl game in school history, the 1948 Tangerine Bowl, where they lost to Catawba.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 20 Steubenville Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 60–6    
September 27 Morehead State Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 38–12    
October 4 at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, KY W 7–6    
October 11 Canisius Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV L 20–25    
October 18 at Evansville Evansville, IN W 24–0    
October 25 Indiana State Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 33–0    
November 1 Saint Vincent Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 39–6    
November 8 Murray State Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 41–20    
November 15 at Xavier Corcoran Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 7–18    
November 22 Bradleydagger Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 33–19    
November 27 Morris Harvey Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV W 40–6    
January 1 vs. No. 20 Catawba Tangerine Bowl • Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl) L 0–7    
daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time[1].

Team players drafted in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Charlie SnyderTackle21193Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. ↑ "1947 Marshall Football Schedule." 2000 Marshall University Football Media Guide Retrieved on April 16, 2009.
  2. ↑ "1948 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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