1947 BYU Cougars football team

The 1947 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 1–5 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 182 to 168.^[1][2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, BYU was ranked at No. 132 out of 500 college football teams.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Western State (CO)*	Provo, UT	W 45–0	6,000	[4]
September 26	Montana State*	Provo, UT	W 19–14		[5]
October 4	at Wyoming	Corbett Field Laramie, WY	L 7–12		[6]
October 11	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 6–28	19,000	[7]
October 18	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 7–9	12,000	[8]
October 25	Utah State	Provo, UT (rivalry)	W 27–12	11,000	[9]
November 1	at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	L 6–20		[10]
November 8	San Jose State*	Provo, UT	L 19–28	5,000	[11]
November 15	Colorado A&M	Provo, UT	L 25–27	< 2,500	[12]
November 22	at San Diego State*	Balboa Stadium San Diego, CA	L 7–32		[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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