1947 Idaho State Bengals football team

1947 Idaho State Bengals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainTed Krein
Home stadiumSpud Bowl
1947 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Pepperdine    9 0 0
Hawaii    8 5 0
Nevada    7 2 0
San Francisco    7 3 0
Cal Poly San Dimas    4 4 1
Santa Clara    4 4 0
La Verne    3 4 0
Idaho State    3 5 1
Loyola (CA)    3 7 0
Saint Mary's    3 7 0
Portland    1 7 0

The 1947 Idaho State Bengals football team was an American football team that represented Idaho State College (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach John Vesser, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record yet outscored their opponents, 166 to 137.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Idaho State was ranked at No. 437 out of 500 college football teams.

This was the first season that the program was known as "Idaho State", as the school had previously been named the University of Idaho, Southern Branch.