| Year: | 1947 |
| Team: | Wyoming Cowboys |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Mountain States Conference |
| Short Conf: | MSC |
| Record: | 4–5 |
| Conf Record: | 2–4 |
| Head Coach: | Bowden Wyatt |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Ed Chenoweth |
| Stadium: | Corbett Field |
The 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 168.[1] [2]
The 1947 season was Bowden Wyatt's first as a head coach. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[3]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Wyoming was ranked at No. 135 out of 500 college football teams.[4]