1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team

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1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
1947 record4–4–1
Head coach
  • Bob Ashton (1st season)
Seasons
1948 →
1947 Western college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pepperdine   –   9 – 0 – 0
Hawaii   –   8 – 5 – 0
Nevada   –   7 – 2 – 0
San Francisco   –   7 – 3 – 0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   4 – 4 – 1
Santa Clara   –   4 – 4 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 4 – 0
Idaho State   –   3 – 5 – 1
Loyola (CA)   –   3 – 7 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   3 – 7 – 0
Portland   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Voorhis Unit[note 1] during the 1947 college football season. Cal Poly San Dimas played as an independent in 1947.

This was the first year of intercollegiate play for Cal Poly San Dimas. The team was led by first-year head coach Bob Ashton, in his only year as head coach. The Broncos finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 124–180 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19at Fullerton Junior College[note 2]Fullerton, CAL 0–33
September 27at San Bernardino Valley College
L 0–39
October 4at Chico State[note 3]
L 0–19
October 11?at Whittier FreshmenWhittier, CAW 19–0
October 17Citrus College
W 33–12
October 25Terminal Island Navy
  • Covina High School
  • Covina, CA
T 25–25
November 1at La Verne
W 20–6
November 7Palomar Collegedagger
  • Covina High School
  • Covina, CA
W 27–13
November 14Mt. San Antonio College
  • Covina High School
  • Covina, CA
L 0–33
  • daggerHomecoming

[1][2]

Team players in the NFL[]

No Cal Poly San Dimas players were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was located in San Dimas, California and known as Cal Poly Voorhis Unit from 1938 to 1956. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (San Dimas).
  2. ^ Fullerton College was known as Fullerton Junior College from 1913 to 1971.
  3. ^ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "1947 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "1948 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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