1947 Eastern Illinois Panthers football | |
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Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 2–6 (2–2 IIAC) |
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Home stadium | Schahrer Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1947 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Maynard O'Brien and played their home games at Schahrer Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with a 2–6 record overall and a 2–2 record in conference play.[1]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Eastern Illinois was ranked at No. 290 out of 500 college football teams.[2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | Eastern Kentucky* |
| L 13–14 | [3] | |
October 4 | at Ball State* | Muncie, IN | L 13–21 | [4] | |
October 11 | at Millikin* |
| L 13–14 | [5] | |
October 25 | Illinois State Normal |
| W 13–6 | [6] | |
November 1 | Indiana State* |
| L 13–14 | [7] | |
November 8 | at Northern Illinois State | L 6–25 | 400 | [8] | |
November 15 | at Southern Illinois | L 13–33 | [9] | ||
November 22 | Western Illinois |
| W 19–0 | [10] | |
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