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1947 Springfield Gymnasts football team

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1947 Springfield Gymnasts football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Fred Booth
  • Fern Tetreau
Home stadiumPratt Field
Seasons
←  1946
1948 →
1947 Eastern non-major college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Muhlenberg  – 9–1–0
Buffalo  – 8–1–0
Hofstra  – 5–3–0
Tufts  – 5–3–0
Franklin & Marshall  – 4–3–1
Springfield  – 4–4–0
CCNY  – 2–5–1
Bucknell  – 2–7–0
Carnegie Tech  – 0–6–0
Drexel  – 0–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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 27 Northeastern
W 41–62,000 [1]
October 4 Connecticut
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
L 6–144,000 [4] [5]
October 11at Norwich Northfield, VT W 42–01,500 [6]
October 18 New Hampshire
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
L 17–21 [7]
October 25at Yale
L 0–4915,000 [8]
November 1 Wayne
L 10–14 [9]
November 8 Massachusetts
  • Pratt Field
  • Springfield, MA
W 14–7 [10]
November 15at Cortland Cortland, NY W 22–7

References

  1. 1 2 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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