1947 Denver Pioneers football team

The 1947 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the Pioneers compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished second in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 138.^[1]

1947 Denver Pioneers football
Conference	Mountain States Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–2–1 MSC)
Head coach	Cac Hubbard (7th season)
Home stadium	Denver Stadium
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Mountain States Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Denver	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Utah State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Colorado A&M	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Wyoming	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Denver was ranked at No. 95 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[2]

The team played its home games at Denver Stadium in Denver.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Kansas*	Denver Stadium Denver, CO	L 0–9	28,000	[3]
October 4	Oklahoma A&M*	Denver Stadium Denver, CO	W 26–14		[4]
October 11	Colorado A&M	Denver Stadium Denver, CO	T 13–13	11,200	[5]
October 18	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 7–13	21,248	[6]
October 25	Texas Tech*	Denver Stadium Denver, CO	L 7–36	17,947	[7]
November 1	BYU	Denver Stadium Denver, CO	W 20–6		[8]
November 8	Wyoming	Denver Stadium Denver, CO	W 27–7		[9]
November 15	at Utah State	Aggie Stadium Logan, UT	L 0–20		[10]
November 27	Colorado	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 26–20	28,000	[11]
December 13	at Hawaii*	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 27–0	> 5,000	[12]
*Non-conference game