1947 Pepperdine Waves football team
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Conference | Independent |
1947 record | 9–0 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Sentinel Field |
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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 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1947 college football season.[1] The Waves played home games at Sentinel Field on the campus of Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. Pepperdine finished the season with an undefeated record of 9–0, dominating their opponents by scoring 349 points and allowing only 26 over the season. They had five consecutive shutouts to finish the season, with no opponent scoring more than seven points all year.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | at Arizona State–Flagstaff |
| W 60–7 | [2] | |
October 4 | Redlands |
| W 21–6 | [3] | |
October 11 | Arizona State |
| W 27–6 | 10,249 | [4] |
October 18 | Moiliili Bears (HI) |
| W 34–7 | [5] | |
October 25 | Whittier |
| W 45–0 | 7,851 | |
November 8 | at Cal Poly |
| W 47–0 | ||
November 15 | Humboldt State |
| W 56–0 | 9,000 | [6] |
November 22 | Caltech |
| W 46–0 | [7] | |
December 5 | at Loyola (CA) |
| W 13–0 | 8,000 | [8] |
Team players in the NFL[]
No Pepperdine Waves were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.[11][12]
Notes[]
- ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
References[]
- ^ "Pepperdine Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ "Pepperdine Triumphs, 60-7". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 28, 1947. p. 18. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Waves Roll Over Redlands Bulldogs, 21 to 6". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 6, 1947. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sun Devils' Fumbles Gain Pepperdine Win In Coast Tilt, 27-6". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 12, 1947. p. 33. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Moiliili Bears Defeated by Pepperdine". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 20, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Crushes Humboldt State, 56-0". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 17, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Horn Scores 109th As Pepperdine Wins". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 23, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pepperdine Beats Loyola". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. December 6, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1947 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ "1948 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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