1947 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

The 1947 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1947 college football season. In their first year under head coach Gee Mitchell, the team compiled a 6–2 record.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 177 out of 500 college football teams.