1947 Pepperdine Waves football team

1947 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference Independent
1947 record 9–0
Head coach Warren Gaer (2nd season)
Home stadium Sentinel Field
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 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] during the 1947 college football season.[1]

The Waves played home games at Sentinel Field on the campus of Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. Pepperdine finished the season with an undefeated record of nine wins and no losses (9–0), dominating their opponents by scoring 349 points and allowing only 26 over the entire season. That included 5 consecutive shutouts, with no opponent scoring more than 7 points.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 27 at Northern Arizona[note 2] Skidmore Field • Flagstaff, Arizona W 60–7   [2]
October 4 Redlands Sentinel Field • Inglewood, California W 21–6   [3]
October 11 Arizona State[note 3] Sentinel Field • Inglewood, California W 27–6   10,249[4]
October 18 Moiliili Bears (HI) Sentinel Field • Inglewood, California W 34–7   [5]
October 25 Whittier Sentinel Field • Inglewood, California W 45–0   7,851
November 8 at Cal Poly[note 4] Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, California W 47–0  
November 15 Humboldt State[note 5] Sentinel Field • Inglewood, California W 56–0   9,000[6]
November 22 Caltech Sentinel Field • Inglewood, California W 46–0   [7]
December 5 at Loyola (CA)[note 6] Gilmore Stadium • Los Angeles W 13–0   8,000[8]

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Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine Waves were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.[11][12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. ↑ Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College at Flagstaff from 1945 to 1957.
  3. ↑ Arizona State University was known as Arizona State College from 1945 to 1957.
  4. ↑ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  5. ↑ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. ↑ Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930 to 1973.

References

  1. ↑ "Pepperdine Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pepperdine Triumphs, 60-7". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 28, 1947. p. 18. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Pepperdine Waves Roll Over Redlands Bulldogs, 21 to 6". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 6, 1947. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Sun Devils' Fumbles Gain Pepperdine Win In Coast Tilt, 27-6". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 12, 1947. p. 33. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Moiliili Bears Defeated by Pepperdine". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 20, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Pepperdine Crushes Humboldt State, 56-0". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 17, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Horn Scores 109th As Pepperdine Wins". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 23, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Pepperdine Beats Loyola". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. December 6, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "1947 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ "1948 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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