1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 168.

1947 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record4–5 (2–4 MSC)
Head coach
CaptainEd Chenoweth
Home stadiumCorbett Field
1947 Mountain States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Utah $ 6 0 08 1 1
Denver 3 2 15 4 1
Utah State 3 3 06 5 0
Colorado 3 3 04 5 0
Colorado A&M 2 3 15 4 1
Wyoming 2 4 04 5 0
BYU 1 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1947 season was Bowden Wyatt's first as a head coach. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Wyoming was ranked at No. 135 out of 500 college football teams.

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