| Game Name: | Orange Bowl |
| Subheader: | 13th Orange Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 1947 |
| Football Season: | 1946 |
| Stadium: | Burdine Stadium |
| City: | Miami, Florida |
| Visitor School: | Rice University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Rice |
| Visitor Nickname: | Owls |
| Visitor Record: | 8–2 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 10 |
| Visitor Coach: | Jess Neely |
| Visitor Conference: | SWC |
| Visitor 1Q: | 8 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | University of Tennessee |
| Home Name Short: | Tennessee |
| Home Nickname: | Volunteers |
| Home Record: | 9–1 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 7 |
| Home Coach: | Robert Neyland |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Odds: | Rice by 6[1] |
| Referee: | John J. Lynch (SEC; split crew: SEC, SWC) |
| Attendance: | 36,152 |
The 1947 Orange Bowl was a postseason football game featuring the Tennessee Volunteers and the Rice Owls. It was won by Rice on the strength of a first-quarter touchdown and a safety on a bad snap during a Tennessee quick kick. Rice outgained Tennessee 246–145 and both teams combined for 9 turnovers.[2]
The pageantry surrounding the game consisted of a halftime show in which over 10,000 balloons were released and an appearance by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Howard McCrum Snyder. Eisenhower's group also consisted of his former Aide-de-camp Charles Craig Cannon and Coral Gables Mayor Tom Mayes. Eisenhower claimed publicly to be taking no sides, but was close friends with Tennessee coach General Robert R. Neyland.[3]