1947 record 4–5–1 (0–3–1 12th SEC) Offensive scheme Double-wing Home stadium Florida Field | Head coach Raymond Wolf Captain Charlie Fields | |
Conference Southeastern Conference | ||
The 1947 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1947 college football season. The season was Bear Wolf's second as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators broke a thirteen-game post-war losing streak, dating back to the 1945 and 1946 seasons, when they upset the eighteenth-ranked North Carolina State Wolfpack 7–6 on the Wolfpack's home field in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among the other highlights of the season, the Gators beat the in-state rival Miami Hurricanes in Miami, Florida, and ended the season with a 25–7 intersectional victory versus the Kansas State Wildcats. Wolf's 1947 Florida Gators finished with a 4–5–1 overall record and a 0–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth among twelve SEC teams.
Schedule and results
Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.