1947 Loyola Lions football team

The 1947 Loyola Lions football team was an American football team that represented Loyola University of Los Angeles (now known as Loyola Marymount University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Sargent, the Lions compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored, 224 to 186.[1]

1947 Loyola Lions football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	3–7
Head coach	Bill Sargent (1st season)
Home stadium	Gilmore Stadium/Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1947 Western college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

The season included three games against teams from Hawaii's Senior League, including two games played in Honolulu, and the first game of a home-and-away series against Mexico's national military academy, Heroico Colegio Militar.[2]

Sargent, a Loyola alumnus, was named as Loyola's head football coach and athletic director in February 1947. Sargent was 39 years old at the time of his hiring and had previously been the head coach at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He replaced Tony DeLellis who resigned one week earlier.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Heroico Colegio Militar	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles	W 67–2		[4]
October 3	Pacific	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles	L 7–25	12,000	[5]
October 10	Leilehua (Honolulu All-Stars)	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles	L 29–31	4,000	[6]
October 17	Redlands	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles	W 19–16	5,500	[7]
October 24	Saint Mary's	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 7–57	12,000	[8]
November 8	at San Diego State	Aztec Bowl San Diego	L 12–13	7,000	[9]
November 14	San Francisco	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 6–41	6,396	[10]
November 20	at Olympic Club (Hawaii Senior League)	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu	W 32–0	2,000	[11]
November 26	at Leilehua (Honolulu All-Stars)	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu	L 7–26	15,000	[12]
December 5	Pepperdine	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles	L 0–13	8,000	[13]

References

1. "Loyola Marymount Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
2. "Mexico Eleven to Play Loyola". Los Angeles Times. August 27, 1947. p. I-8 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Bill Sargent Named Coach at Loyola U." Los Angeles Times. February 5, 1947. p. I-12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Charles Curtis (September 29, 1947). "Cadets Handed 67-2 Setback by Loyolans". Los Angeles Times. p. I-8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Charles Curtis (October 4, 1947). "Pacific Lays Lions Low by 25-7 Margin". Los Angeles Times. p. I-10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Leilehuas Edge Loyola, 31-29, at Los Angeles". Honolulu Star Bulletin. October 11, 1947. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Charles Curtis (October 19, 1947). "Lucky Lions Shade Bulldogs, 19 to 16". Los Angeles Times. p. I-9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Charles Curtis (October 25, 1947). "Loyola Crushed by Gaels, 57-7". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-9, I-11.
9. Charles Curtis (November 9, 1947). "Aztecs Rally to Nip Loyola Lions by 13-12". Los Angeles Times. p. I-13 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Charles Curtis (November 15, 1947). "Dons Ruin Loyola by 41-6 Count". Los Angeles Times. p. I-9 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Monte Ito (November 21, 1947). "Loyola Outclasses Olympics, 32-0". The Honolulu Advertiser. pp. 14, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Leilehua Trounces Loyola, 26 to 7: Dick Asato Scores Twice on Long Runs". The Honolulu Advertiser. November 27, 1947. pp. 10–11 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Charles Curtis (December 6, 1947). "Pepperdine Turns Back Loyola Lions, 13 to 0". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-9, I-10.