The 1947 Oil Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Saint Mary's Gaels and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
In Bobby Dodd's second year as coach of the Yellow Jackets, he guided them to a 4th-place finish in the Southeastern Conference, in their fifth bowl appearance in the decade.
[1] Phelan left the program the following year to become coach of the Los Angeles Dons.
This was the last bowl game the Gaels participated in before the dismantlement of the football program in 2004.
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