1947 Springfield Gymnasts football team

The 1947 Springfield Gymnasts football team, sometimes also referred to as the Maroons,[1] was an American football team that represented the Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, during the 1947 college football season.

1947 Springfield Gymnasts football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainFred Booth, Fern Tetreau
Home stadiumPratt Field
1947 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Penn State   –  9 –0 –1
No. 7 Penn   –  7 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –  9 –1 –0
Buffalo   –  8 –1 –0
No. 20 Columbia   –  7 –2 –0
No. 11 Army   –  5 –2 –2
Yale   –  6 –3 –0
Villanova   –  6 –3 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –  5 –3 –0
Princeton   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –3 –1
Boston College   –  5 –4 –0
Brown   –  4 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –  4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –  4 –4 –2
Springfield   –  4 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –5 –0
Cornell   –  4 –5 –0
Syracuse   –  3 –6 –0
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  2 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –5 –2
Temple   –  2 –6 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –7 –0
Duquesne   –  2 –8 –0
Fordham   –  1 –6 –1
Merchant Marine   –  2 –9 –0
Pittsburgh   –  1 –8 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  0 –6 –0
Drexel   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Springfield was ranked at No. 189 out of 500 college football teams.[2]

In its second season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 4–4 record and played its home games at Pratt Field in Springfield.

Solem had previously coached for three major football programs, Drake (1921–1931), Iowa (1932–1936), and Syracuse (1937–1945).[3] During Solem's tenure as head coach, the program scheduled games against regional powers like Yale and Connecticut and intersectional games against opponents like Wayne.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Northeastern
W 41–62,000[1]
October 4Connecticut
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
L 6–144,000[4][5]
October 11at NorwichNorthfield, VTW 42–01,500[6]
October 18New Hampshire
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
L 17–21[7]
October 25at Yale
L 0–4915,000[8]
November 1Wayne
L 10–14[9]
November 8Massachusetts
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
W 14–7[10]
November 15at CortlandCortland, NYW 22–7

References
  1. Vic Wall (September 28, 1947). "Springfield Whips Northeastern, 41-6". The Boston Globe. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Ossie Solem Signs as Springfield Mentor". The Des Moines Register. March 30, 1946. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Bob Zaiman (October 5, 1947). "Dick Gaudino Paces Uconns To 14-6 Win". The Hartford Courant. pp. IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Springfield Fumbles Costly; Uconns Down Maroons, 14 to 6". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1947. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Springfield's Might Lashes Norwich, 42-0". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1947. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Vic Wall (October 19, 1947). "N.H. Air Attack Overhauls Springfield, 21-17". The Boston Globe. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Yale Wallops Springfield By 49-0 Score". The Hartford Courant. October 26, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Wayne Grabs Thriller in Closing Minutes of Game, 14-10: Tartars Clip Springfield". Detroit Free Press. November 2, 1947. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Springfield Wins, Edges U. of Mass. on 1st-Period Rush". The Boston Globe. November 9, 1947. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
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