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1947 Navy

1–⁠7–⁠1, coached by Thomas Hamilton.

Schedule and results

Navy in 1947, game by game: lost at California 7–14; lost vs. Columbia 6–13; tied at No. 13 Duke 14–14; won at Cornell 38–19; lost at No. 8 Pennsylvania 0–21; lost vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 0–27; lost vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech 14–16; lost vs. No. 8 Penn State 7–20; lost vs. No. 12 Army 0–21+19−27Lost 7–14 at California-7CaliforniaLost 6–13 vs. Columbia-7ColumbiaTied 14–14 at No. 13 Duke0No. 13 DukeWon 38–19 at Cornell+19CornellLost 0–21 at No. 8 Pennsylvania-21No. 8 PennsylvaniaLost 0–27 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame-27No. 1 Notre DameLost 14–16 vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech-2No. 6 Georgia TechLost 7–20 vs. No. 8 Penn State-13No. 8 Penn StateLost 0–21 vs. No. 12 Army-21No. 12 Army
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atCaliforniaL 7–⁠1450%
Oct 4vsColumbiaL 6–⁠1351%
Oct 11at13DukeT 14–⁠1423%
Oct 18atCornellW 38–⁠1942%
Oct 25at8PennsylvaniaL 0–⁠2125%
Nov 1vs1Notre DameL 0–⁠2720%
Nov 8vs6Georgia TechL 14–⁠1628%
Nov 15vs8Penn StateL 7–⁠2032%
Nov 29vs12ArmyL 0–⁠2118%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Army 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 139 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1947.

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
86–⁠165
Coach
Thomas Hamilton
Elo
1435 −59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.0 No. 44 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dick Scott