The 1947 Howard Bison football team was an
American football team that represented
Howard University as a member of the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the
1947 college football season
The 1947 college football season finished with Notre Dame, Michigan, and Penn State all unbeaten and untied, but the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the first place choice for 107 of the 142 voters in the final AP Poll in early December, and re ...
. In their third season under head coach
Edward Jackson, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, finished fourth in the CIAA, and outscored opponents by a total of 122 to 54. The team ranked No. 11 among the nation's black college football teams according to the ''
Pittsburgh Courier'' and its
Dickinson Rating System.
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Howard
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
Howard Bison football seasons
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