| Year: | 1947 |
| Team: | West Virginia State Yellow Jackets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | CIAA |
| Record: | 7–2–1 |
| Conf Record: | 4–1–1 |
| Head Coach: | Mark Cardwell |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Lakin Field |
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.[1] The team played its home games at Lakin Field in Institute, West Virginia.