The 1947 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as
San Francisco State University—as a member of the
Far Western Conference (FWC) during the
1947 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach
Dick Boyle, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 2–5 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the FWC. For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 117 to 33. The Gators played home games at
Cox Stadium in
San Francisco.
^Naval Air Station Alameda was a Naval Air Station from 1940 to 1997. For many years they fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams.