The 1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Bethune Cookman College as a member of the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bunky Matthews, the Wildcats compiled am overall record of 10–2, with a mark of 6–0 in conefrence playing, winning the SEAC title. Bethune–Cookman was ranked No. 2 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System. The team played home games in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Key players included quarterback "Sport" Anderson.
Bethune Cookman had a total enrollment of approximately 800 students in the fall of 1947.
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