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1947 The Citadel Bulldogs football
1947 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–5 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach	J. Quinn Decker (2nd season);
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 9 North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Duke	3	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	2
No. 17 NC State	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
VPI	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
George Washington	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1947 college football season. J. Quinn Decker served as head coach for the second season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, The Citadel was ranked at No. 182 out of 500 college football teams.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Presbyterian*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 13–6
October 4	at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 7–56	6,000	^[5]
October 11	Newberry	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 13–6
October 17	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	L 0–7	9,000	^[6]
October 25	at No. 7 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–38	20,000	^[7]
November 7	vs. South Carolina	County Fairgrounds Orangeburg, SC	L 0–12	11,000	^[8]
November 15	VMI	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	W 7–6	6,700	^[9]
November 22	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NA	L 7–28	5,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "William and Mary's Indians Smother The Citadel, 56-7". The Staunton News-Leader. October 5, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Scoop Latimer (October 18, 1947). "Furman's Hurricane Bowls Over Citadel, 7 to 0". The Greenville News. pp. 8, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bert Prather (October 26, 1947). "Tech Crushes Citadel, 38-0". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 9B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wounded Gamecocks Defeat Bulldogs 12-0 In Annual Tilt". The Times and Democrat. November 8, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel Upsets V.M.I., 7 to 6". The Greenville News. November 16, 1947. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Davidson Dips Citadel, 28-7". The Greenville News. November 23, 1947. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.