The 1947 Redlands Bulldogs football team was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
team that represented the
University of Redlands
The University of Redlands is a private university headquartered in Redlands, California. The university's main, residential campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations throughout Califo ...
as a member of the
Southern California Conference
The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA's Division III. The conference was founded in 1915 and it consists of twelve small private schools that are located in ...
(SCC) during the 1947 college football season. Under longtime head coach Cecil A. Cushman, the team compiled a 6–3 record (4–0 against SCC opponents) and lost a close game to 1947 Hawaii Rainbows football team, Hawaii in the fourth annual Pineapple Bowl on January 1, 1948.
[ The team divided its home games between the Orange Show Stadium in San Bernardino, California, and a site on the school's campus in Redlands, California.
End Stan Flowers ranked as the top pass receiver during the 1947 season among small college players with 44 receptions for 493 yards.][ Halfback Ted Runner ranked second among the country's small college players with 942 passing yards (84 completions out of 150 passes).]
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1947 Southern California Conference football season, Redlands
Redlands Bulldogs football seasons
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football champion seasons
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