1947 Springfield Gymnasts football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainFred Booth, Fern Tetreau
Home stadiumPratt Field
1947 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Penn State   –  9 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –  9 –1 –0
Buffalo   –  8 –1 –0
No. 11 Army   –  5 –2 –2
Villanova   –  6 –3 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –3 –1
Boston College   –  5 –4 –0
Holy Cross   –  4 –4 –2
Springfield   –  4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  3 –6 –0
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  2 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –5 –2
Temple   –  2 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –  2 –8 –0
Fordham   –  1 –6 –1
Merchant Marine   –  2 –9 –0
Pittsburgh   –  1 –8 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  0 –6 –0
Drexel   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Springfield Gymnasts football team, sometimes also referred to as the Maroons,[1] was an American football team that represented the Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, during the 1947 college football season.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Springfield was ranked at No. 189 out of 500 college football teams.[2]

In its second season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 4–4 record and played its home games at Pratt Field in Springfield.

Solem had previously coached for three major football programs, Drake (1921–1931), Iowa (1932–1936), and Syracuse (1937–1945).[3] During Solem's tenure as head coach, the program scheduled games against regional powers like Yale and Connecticut and intersectional games against opponents like Wayne.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Northeastern
W 41–62,000[1]
October 4Connecticut
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
L 6–144,000[4][5]
October 11at NorwichNorthfield, VTW 42–01,500[6]
October 18New Hampshire
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
L 17–21[7]
October 25at Yale
L 0–4915,000[8]
November 1Wayne
L 10–14[9]
November 8Massachusetts
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
W 14–7[10]
November 15at CortlandCortland, NYW 22–7

References

  1. 1 2 Vic Wall (September 28, 1947). "Springfield Whips Northeastern, 41-6". The Boston Globe. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Ossie Solem Signs as Springfield Mentor". The Des Moines Register. March 30, 1946. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Bob Zaiman (October 5, 1947). "Dick Gaudino Paces Uconns To 14-6 Win". The Hartford Courant. pp. IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Springfield Fumbles Costly; Uconns Down Maroons, 14 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1947. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Springfield's Might Lashes Norwich, 42-0". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1947. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Vic Wall (October 19, 1947). "N.H. Air Attack Overhauls Springfield, 21-17". The Boston Globe. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Yale Wallops Springfield By 49-0 Score". The Hartford Courant. October 26, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Wayne Grabs Thriller in Closing Minutes of Game, 14-10: Tartars Clip Springfield". Detroit Free Press. November 2, 1947. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Springfield Wins, Edges U. of Mass. on 1st-Period Rush". The Boston Globe. November 9, 1947. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.