1947 Houston Cougars football | |
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Conference | Lone Star Conference |
Record | 3–8 (0–6 LSC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Bill Cook, Tony Ditta |
Home stadium | Public School Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Texas State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trinity (TX) | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston during the 1947 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In its second season under head coach Jewell Wallace, the team compiled a 3–8 record (0–6 against LSC opponents) and finished in the last place in the conference. The team played its home games at Public School Stadium in Houston.[1]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Houston was ranked at No. 264 out of 500 college football teams.[2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 20 | Centenary* | W 19–7 | 7,000 | [3] | |
September 27 | McMurry* |
| W 14–13 | 5,000 | [4] |
October 4 | Daniel Baker* |
| W 35–12 | 4,000 | [5] |
October 11 | at Texas A&I | Kingsville, TX | L 0–13 | 7,000 | [6] |
October 18 | East Texas State* |
| L 7–33 | 6,000 | [7] |
October 25 | Trinity (TX)* |
| L 0–20 | 4,500 | [8] |
November 1 | at Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 7–33 | 10,000 | [9] |
November 8 | at Stephen F. Austin |
| L 14–25 | 3,900 | [10] |
November 15 | at North Texas State |
| L 0–33 | 10,000 | [11] |
November 22 | Southwest Texas State |
| L 0–2 | [12] | |
November 27 | at Sam Houston State | L 0–23 | [13] | ||
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