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1947 Saint Mary’s (CA)

3–⁠7, coached by James Phelan.

Schedule and results

Saint Mary’s (CA) in 1947, game by game: won at Portland 26–13; won at Hawai’i 27–7; lost at California 6–45; lost at Washington 6–26; lost vs. Nevada 14–39; won vs. Loyola Marymount 57–7; lost at Detroit Mercy 6–19; lost vs. Santa Clara 9–33; lost at Boston College 7–25; lost vs. San Francisco 20–32+50−39Won 26–13 at Portland+13PortlandWon 27–7 at Hawai’i+20Hawai’iLost 6–45 at California-39CaliforniaLost 6–26 at Washington-20WashingtonLost 14–39 vs. Nevada-25NevadaWon 57–7 vs. Loyola Marymount+50Loyola MarymountLost 6–19 at Detroit Mercy-13Detroit MercyLost 9–33 vs. Santa Clara-24Santa ClaraLost 7–25 at Boston College-18Boston CollegeLost 20–32 vs. San Francisco-12San Francisco
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atPortlandW 26–⁠1375%
Sep 27atHawai’iW 27–⁠788%
Oct 4atCaliforniaL 6–⁠4551%
Oct 11atWashingtonL 6–⁠2643%
Oct 18vsNevadaL 14–⁠3952%
Oct 25vsLoyola MarymountW 57–⁠772%
Nov 1atDetroit MercyL 6–⁠1935%
Nov 15vsSanta ClaraL 9–⁠3363%
Nov 22atBoston CollegeL 7–⁠2525%
Nov 29vsSan FranciscoL 20–⁠3239%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to San Francisco 32–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 37 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
178–⁠246
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1356 −150 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−15.9 No. 106 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).