1947 Springfield Gymnasts football team

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

1947 Springfield Gymnasts football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
  • Ossie Solem (2nd season)
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

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

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). 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.

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