1947 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 27–7 vs. Alabama | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 5 |
Record | 10–1 (5–1 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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No. 3 SMU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Texas | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Rice | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Blair Cherry, the team compiled a 10–1 record (5–1 against SWC opponents), won the SWC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 292 to 74. The team lost to SMU and defeated Alabama in the 1948 Sugar Bowl.[1]
Bobby Layne was a consensus selection as the quarterback for the 1947 College Football All-America Team.[2] He also finished sixth in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.[3] Tackle Richard Harris was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP).[4]
Three Texas players were selected by the AP as first-team honorees on the 1947 All-Southwest Conference football team: Layne at quarterback; Harris at tackle; and Max Bumgardner at end.[5]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 20 | 2:30 p.m. | Texas Tech* | W 33–0 | 30,000 | [6] | ||
September 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at Oregon* | W 38–13 | 30,000 | [7] | ||
October 4 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 19 North Carolina* |
| W 34–0 | 47,000 | [8] | |
October 11 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. No. 15 Oklahoma* | No. 3 | W 34–14 | 46,000 | [9] | |
October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Arkansas | No. 3 | W 21–6 | 28,000 | [10] | |
October 25 | 2:30 p.m. | Rice | No. 3 |
| W 12–0 | 48,400 | [11] |
November 1 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 8 SMU | No. 3 |
| L 13–14 | 50,000 | [12] |
November 8 | 2:30 p.m. | Baylor | No. 8 |
| W 28–7 | 34,000 | [13] |
November 15 | 2:30 p.m. | TCU | No. 7 |
| W 20–0 | 43,000 | [14] |
November 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M | No. 7 | W 32–13 | 43,000 | [15] | |
January 1, 1948 | vs. No. 6 Alabama* | No. 5 | W 27–7 | 73,000 | [16][17] | ||
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See also: 1947 NCAA football rankings |
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
AP | 3 (15) | 3 (10) | 3 (10) | 3 (25) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 (2) | 5 |