1947 Florida Gators football team

The 1947 Florida Gators football team was an American football team that represented the University of Florida in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1947 college football season. The season was Raymond Wolf's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Wolf's 1947 Florida Gators finished with a 4–5–1 overall record and a 0–3–1 record in the SEC, placing last among 12 SEC teams.

1947 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5–1 (0–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
  • Raymond Wolf (2nd season)
Offensive schemeDouble-wing
CaptainCharlie Fields
Home stadiumFlorida Field
1947 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Ole Miss $ 6 1 09 2 0
No. 10 Georgia Tech 4 1 010 1 0
No. 6 Alabama 5 2 08 3 0
Mississippi State 2 2 07 3 0
Georgia 3 3 07 4 1
Vanderbilt 3 3 06 4 0
Tulane 2 3 22 5 2
LSU 2 3 15 3 1
Kentucky 2 3 08 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 05 5 0
Auburn 1 5 02 7 0
Florida 0 3 14 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

On October 18, 1947, the Gators broke a 13-game post-war losing streak, dating back to the final game of the 1945 season, when they upset the 18th-ranked NC State Wolfpack, 7–6, on the Wolfpack's home field in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among the other highlights of the season, the Gators beat the in-state rival Miami Hurricanes in Miami, and ended the season with a 25–7 intersectional victory over the Kansas State Wildcats.

Florida halfback Bobby Forbes was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1947 All-SEC football team.

Florida was ranked at No. 74 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

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