| Year: | 1947 |
| Team: | Bethune–Cookman Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southeastern Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEAC |
| Record: | 10–2 |
| Conf Record: | – |
| Head Coach: | Bunky Matthews |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Champion: | SEAC champion |
| Bowl: | Lions Bowl, L 6–47 vs. Grambling Flower Bowl, W 6–0 vs. Lane |
The 1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Bethune Cookman College as a member of the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bunky Matthews, the team compiled a 10–2 record, shut out eight of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 331 to 66.[1] The team won the SEAC championship and was also ranked No. 2 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System.[2] The team played its home games in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Key players included quarterback "Sport" Anderson.
Bethune Cookman had a total enrollment of approximately 800 students in the fall of 1947.[3]