The 1947 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State University as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1947 college football season.
In their third season under head coach Mark Cardwell, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five of ten opponents, and ranked No.
14 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.
[2] The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.