Seasons 1947 Bowls & playoff ← Week 17 1947: Bowls & playoff 12 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Four games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review Upsets A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS Dec 6, 1947 Kentucky 24,Villanova 14Great Lakes Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 Arkansas 21,13 William & Mary 19upset Dixie Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 9 Georgia Tech 20,13 Kansas 14Orange Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 Maryland 20,Georgia 20Gator Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 Miami (OH) 13,Texas Tech 12upset Sun Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 2 Michigan 49,3 USC 0Rose Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 12 Ole Miss 13,TCU 9Delta Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 5 Penn State 13,4 SMU 13Cotton Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1948 6 Texas 27,7 Alabama 7Sugar Bowl Box score