1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football
1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football
SEAC champion
Lions Bowl, L 6–47 vs. Grambling; Flower Bowl, W 6–0 vs. Lane
Conference	Southeastern Athletic Conference
Record	10–2 (– SEAC)
Head coach	Bunky Matthews (2nd season);

The 1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Bethune Cookman College as a member of the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bunky Matthews, the team compiled a 10–2 record, shut out eight of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 331 to 66. The team won the SEAC championship and was also ranked No. 2 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Key players included quarterback "Sport" Anderson.

Bethune Cookman had a total enrollment of approximately 800 students in the fall of 1947.

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