1947 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1947 Florida State Seminoles football
ConferenceIndependent
1947 record0–5
Head coach
CaptainJack McMillan, Phil Rountree
Home stadiumCentennial Field
Seasons
← 1904
1948 →
1947 Southern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princess Anne   –   8 – 0 – 0
Grambling   –   11 – 2 – 0
Sewanee   –   6 – 1 – 1
Memphis State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Marshall   –   9 – 3 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   6 – 4 – 0
Catholic University   –   3 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   4 – 4 – 0
Georgetown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga   –   4 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   2 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCUNC   –   1 – 3 – 0
Florida State   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1947 Florida State Seminoles football team was an American football team that represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Ed Williamson, the team compiled a 0–5 record and was outscored by a total of 90 to 18.[1] The team played its home games at Centennial Field in Tallahassee, Florida.

In September 1947, the Florida State College for Women became coeducational, was renamed Florida State University and announced that it would field a football team, though it had no plans to compete with the University of Florida "for some time to come."[2] The 1947 team was Florida State's first football team since 1904, after which Florida State became a women's college. Ed Williamson served as both athletic director and football coach and vowed to develop "a 'well rounded athletic program' without particular emphasis on football or any other single sport."[3]

In five games during the 1947 season, the team gained only 687 yards from scrimmage. The team completed 32 of 87 passes for 400 yards and 14 interceptions. "Red" Parrish was the team's leading rusher with 111 yards. Fullback Kenneth McLean led the team with 105 yards of total offense (105 rushing yards, 45 passing yards).[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 18Stetson
L 6–148,000[5]
November 15at Cumberland (TN)Lebanon, TNL 0–6[6]
November 22Tennessee Tech
  • Centennial Field
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 6–275,436[7]
November 27Troy State
  • Centennial Field
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 6–363,000[8]
December 6Jacksonville State
  • Centennial Field
  • Tallahassee, FL
L 0–73,700[9]

References[]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Florida State game-by-game results: 1947–1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Florida State University to Field Football Team". The Sunday News-Democrat. September 7, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Jaycess Hear Coach of FSU". The Daily Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida). September 9, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Bob Cooksey (December 14, 1947). "McLean Heads Seminole Backs In Total Gains". The Sunday News-Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida). p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Fred Pettijohn. "FSU Loses Hard-Fought Opener To Stetson 14-6". The Sunday News-Democrat. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Seminoles Drop 6-0 Tilt to Cumberland". The Sunday News-Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida). November 16, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Fred Pettijohn (November 23, 1947). "Seminoles Lose Mud-Spattered 27-6 Tilt to Eagles". The Sunday News-Democrat. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Troy's Red Wave Rolls Over Seminoles 36 to 6". The Daily Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida). November 28, 1947. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Fred Pettijohn (December 7, 1947). "Battling Band of Seminoles Goes Down to 7-0 Defeat". The Sunday News-Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida). p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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