[1] Ole Miss featured two All-Americans on its 1947 roster: quarterback and team captain Charlie Conerly and end Barney Poole.
Conerly was a consensus first-team All-American,[2] who also finished fourth in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.
[3] Poole received first-team honors from the United Press, American Football Coaches Association, Sporting News, Central Press Association, and Walter Camp Football Foundation.
[4][5][6][7][8] In addition to Conerly and Poole, two other Ole Miss players received honors on the 1947 All-SEC football team.
[9][10] The team played its home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.