1947 Pepperdine Waves football team

The 1947 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1947 college football season.[1] The Waves played home games at Sentinel Field on the campus of Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. Pepperdine finished the season with an undefeated record of 9–0, dominating their opponents by scoring 349 points and allowing only 26 over the season. They had five consecutive shutouts to finish the season, with no opponent scoring more than seven points all year.

1947 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumSentinel Field
1947 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pepperdine   –  9 –0 –0
Hawaii   –  8 –5 –0
Nevada   –  7 –2 –0
San Francisco   –  7 –3 –0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –  4 –4 –1
Santa Clara   –  4 –4 –0
La Verne   –  3 –4 –0
Idaho State   –  3 –5 –1
Loyola (CA)   –  3 –7 –0
Saint Mary's   –  3 –7 –0
Portland   –  1 –7 –0

Pepperdine was ranked at No. 63 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Arizona State–Flagstaff
W 60–7[3]
October 4Redlands
W 21–6[4]
October 11Arizona State
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
W 27–610,249[5]
October 18Moiliili Bears (HI)
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
W 34–7[6]
October 25Whittier
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
W 45–07,851
November 8at Cal Poly
W 47–0
November 15Humboldt State
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
W 56–09,000[7]
November 22Caltech
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
W 46–0[8]
December 5at Loyola (CA)
W 13–08,000[9]

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Notes
  1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.

References
  1. "Pepperdine Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Pepperdine Triumphs, 60-7". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 28, 1947. p. 18. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. "Pepperdine Waves Roll Over Redlands Bulldogs, 21 to 6". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 6, 1947. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. "Sun Devils' Fumbles Gain Pepperdine Win In Coast Tilt, 27-6". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 12, 1947. p. 33. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. "Moiliili Bears Defeated by Pepperdine". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 20, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  7. "Pepperdine Crushes Humboldt State, 56-0". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 17, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  8. "Horn Scores 109th As Pepperdine Wins". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 23, 1947. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  9. "Pepperdine Beats Loyola". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. December 6, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  10. "1947 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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