1947 Hampton Pirates football team

The 1947 Hampton Pirates football team was an American football team that represented Hampton Institute in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season. In their third non-consecutive year under head coach James Griffin, the Pirates compiled a 7–2–1 record, lost to Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic, and outscored opponents by a total of 107 to 63. Hampton ranked No. 4 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.

1947 Hampton Pirates football
Orange Blossom Classic, L 0–7 vs. Florida A&M
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–2–1 (5–1–1 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumArmstrong Field
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 1 09 1 0
No. 4 Hampton 5 1 17 2 1
No. 11 Howard 6 2 16 2 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 2 15 2 1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 1 16 3 1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 3 15 4 1
Delaware State 4 3 04 4 0
Virginia Union 3 5 04 5 0
Winston-Salem State 3 3 06 3 0
North Carolina A&T 1 5 11 5 1
North Carolina College 2 6 02 7 0
Bluefield State 1 5 03 6 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 5 10 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 2 11 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.
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