| Year: | 1947 |
| Team: | VPI Gobblers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 4–5 |
| Conf Record: | 4–3 |
| Head Coach: | Jimmy Kitts |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Captain: | Billy Shelby Barbour Bobby Smith |
| Stadium: | Miles Stadium |
The 1947 VPI Gobblers football team was an American football that represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team compiled a 4–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished eighth in the Southern Conference, and as outscored by a total of 191 to 162.[1]
VPI was ranked at No. 88 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
One VPI player was selected in the 1948 NFL draft, as follows:[3]
The following players were members of the 1947 football team according to the roster published in the 1948 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.