Individual Awards and Honors
- Captain: Bruce Hilkene
- 1947 All-Americans: Bob Chappuis (first-team All-American on teams selected by the Associated Press, United Press, Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, and the Central Press, NEA and INS wire services); Bump Elliott (first-team All-American on the Saturday Evening Post team; second-team on teams selected by the Associated Press, the United Press, the Central Press, and the Football Writers Association of America); Len Ford (second-team All-American on teams selected by the United Press and Central Press); Bob Mann (second-team All-American on the team selected by the Associated Press); J. T. White (second-team All-American on the team selected by the Football Writers Association of America).
- All-Conference: Bob Mann, Howard Yerges, Bob Chappuis, Bump Elliott
- Most Valuable Player: Bump Elliott
- Meyer Morton Award: Alvin Wistert
- Heisman Trophy voting: Bob Chappuis finished 2nd in the Heisman voting behind Johnny Lujack. Lujack had 742 points, and Chappuis had 555.
- College Football Hall of Fame: Bob Chappuis, Bump Elliott, Al Wistert
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