1947 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1947 Oregon Ducks football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 7–3 record (5–1 in PCC, tie for second), and outscored their opponents 174 to 121.

1947 Oregon Ducks football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–3 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jim Aiken (1st season)
Captains	Jake Leicht James Newquist Robert Koch
Home stadium	Hayward Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
No. 15 California	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin led the PCC with 76 completions for 939 passing yards and an average of 40.1 yards per punt.^[1] Halfback Jake Leicht led the conference with 630 rushing yards on 119 carries.^[1] Dan Garza led the team in scoring with 30 points.^[1]

Three Oregon players were honored on the All-Coast teams selected by the PCC coaches, the United Press (UP) and Associated Press (AP): Van Brocklin at quarterback (AP-1, UP-1, Coaches-1); Leicht at halfback (Coaches-1, UP-1); and Brad Ecklund (Coaches-1).^[2][3][4]

Oregon was ranked at No. 36 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[5]

Oregon played its home games on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Montana State*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 27–14	11,500	[6]
September 27	Texas*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 13–38	> 30,000	[7]
October 4	Nevada*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 6–13	10,000	[8]
October 11	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–24	43,713	[9]
October 18	Washington	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 6–0	24,588	[10]
October 25	No. 20 San Francisco*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 34–7	11,400	[11]
November 1	Idaho	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 34–7	8,300	[12]
November 8	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 12–6	13,500	[13]
November 15	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 21–6	12,000	[14]
November 22	Oregon State	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	W 14–6	20,000	[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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