1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Texas Technological College (later known as Texas Tech University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Dell Morgan, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–0 against conference opponents), lost to Miami (OH) in the 1948 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 228 to 184.[1]
- Dell Morgan (7th season)
| 1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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Border champion | |
Sun Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Miami (OH) | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (4–0 Border) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Base defense | 6–2 |
| Home stadium | Tech Stadium, Jones Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Texas Tech was ranked at No. 140 out of 500 college football teams.[2]
The team played its first four home games at Tech Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. The final home game of the season was played on November 29, 1947, at the new Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium.[3] The new concrete and steel stadium was built at a cost of $400,000 and was named in honor of the college's president emeritus and his wife.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | at Texas* | L 0–33 | 30,000 | [5] | |||
| September 27 | vs. Texas A&M* | L 7–29 | 20,000 | [6] | |||
| October 4 | West Texas State |
| W 21–13 | 11,000 | [7] | ||
| October 11 | Tulsa* |
| W 14–7 | 12,500 | [8][9] | ||
| October 18 | Baylor* |
| L 6–32 | 13,000–13,106 | [10] | ||
| October 25 | at Denver* | W 36–7 | 17,947 | [11] | |||
| November 1 | at Rice* | L 7–40 | 16,000 | [12] | |||
| November 8 | Arizona |
| W 41–28 | 11,000 | [13] | ||
| November 22 | at New Mexico | W 26–20 | 10,000 | [14] | |||
| November 29 | Hardin–Simmons |
| W 14–6 | 20,000 | [3] | ||
| January 1, 1948 | vs. Miami (OH)* | L 12–13 | 15,000 | [15] | |||
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