1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team

The 1947 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M College as a member of the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) during the 1947 college football season.

In their first season under head coach W. Felix Harris, Alcorn compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), shut out eight of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 79.

[1] The team won the SCAC championship,[2] and was also ranked No.

1 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System.

[3] The team played its home games in Alcorn, Mississippi.