The 1947 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented South Carolina State University 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 its second season under head coach Oliver C. Dawson, the team compiled a 7–1–2, defeated in the

Pecan Bowl The Pecan Bowl was the name of some December college football bowl games played in two different eras. In 1946 and 1947, the game was contested between historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). From 1964 through 1970, the game was a reg ...

, and outscored all opponents by a total of 123 to 46. The team ranked No. 10 among the nation's black college football teams according to the '' Pittsburgh Courier'' and its Dickinson Rating System. The team's only loss was to No. 5

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