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1947 Georgia Bulldogs football
1947 Georgia Bulldogs football
Gator Bowl, T 20–20 vs. Maryland
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	7–4–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Wally Butts (9th season);
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Ole Miss $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Florida	0	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Georgia Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Georgia in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1947 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Wally Butts, the team compiled a 7–4–1 record (3–3 against SEC opponents), tied for fifth place in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 212 to 135. The team was invited to play in the 1948 Gator Bowl on New Year's Day, playing Maryland to a 20–20 tie.^[1]

Quarterback John Rauch led the team on offense. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Three Georgia players received honors from the Associated Press (AP) on the 1947 All-SEC football team: end Dan Edwards (AP-1); quarterback John Rauch (AP-2); and guard Herbert St. John (AP-2).^[2]^[3]

Georgia was ranked at No. 40 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Furman*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 13–7	17,000	^[5]
September 27	at North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–14	44,000	^[6]
October 4	LSU		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 35–19	45,000	^[7]
October 11	at Kentucky	No. 9	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 0–26	24,000	^[8]
October 18	at Oklahoma A&M*		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 20–7	21,000	^[9]
October 25	No. 18 Alabama		Sanford Field Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 7–17	46,000	^[10]
October 31	Clemson*		Sanford Field Athens, GA (rivalry)	W 21–6	18,000	^[11]
November 8	vs. Florida		Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	W 34–6	23,000	^[12]
November 15	vs. Auburn		Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 28–6	22,000	^[13]
November 22	at Chattanooga*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 27–0	5,000	^[14]^[15]
November 29	at No. 9 Georgia Tech		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 0-7	38,000	^[16]
January 1, 1948	vs. Maryland*		Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	T 20–20	21,000	^[17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game