The 1947 Maine Black Bears football team was an

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team that represented the

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as a member of the Yankee Conference during the

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. In its third season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 6–1 record (2–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place in the Yankee Conference. With non-conference victories over the teams from , , and , the team won the Maine state championship for 1947. In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Maine was ranked at No. 214 out of 500 college football teams. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in

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, and was led on offense by backs Phil Coulombe, Henry "Rabbit" Dombkowski, and Hal Parady, and end Alan Wing.

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