1947 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

1947 Texas Longhorns football

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|

* Blair Cherry (1st season)

Home stadium| War Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1948 ->

1947 Southwest Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
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

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

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]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 20| 2:30 p.m.| Texas Tech*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| W 33–0| 30,000| [6]
September 27| 3:00 p.m.| at Oregon*| |

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| W 38–13| 30,000| [7]
October 4| 2:30 p.m.| No. 19 North Carolina*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| W 34–0| 47,000| [8]
October 11| 2:30 p.m.| vs. No. 15 Oklahoma*| No. 3|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)

| W 34–14| 46,000| [9]
October 18| 2:30 p.m.| vs. Arkansas| No. 3|

* Crump Stadium
* Memphis, TN (rivalry)

| W 21–6| 28,000| [10]
October 25| 2:30 p.m.| Rice| No. 3|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| W 12–0| 48,400| [11]
November 1| 2:30 p.m.| at No. 8 SMU| No. 3|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX

| L 13–14| 50,000| [12]
November 8| 2:30 p.m.| Baylor| No. 8|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| W 28–7| 34,000| [13]
November 15| 2:30 p.m.| TCU| No. 7|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| W 20–0| 43,000| [14]
November 27| 2:00 p.m.| at Texas A&M| No. 7|

* Kyle Field
* College Station, TX (rivalry)

| W 32–13| 43,000| [15]
January 1, 1948| | vs. No. 6 Alabama*| No. 5|

* Tulane Stadium
* New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)

| W 27–7| 73,000| [16][17]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Rankings

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See also: 1947 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes| Week

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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

## Roster

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* QB Bobby Layne
* DB Tom Landry

## Awards and honors

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Bobby Layne

* Consensus All-American[19]
* Sugar Bowl Most Valuable Player

## References

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1. ^ "1947 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
2. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
3. ^ "1947 Heisman Trophy Voting". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
4. ^ "Midwest Places Three Backs On AP All-American Squad: Lujack, Evans and Chappuis On First Team". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. December 3, 1947.
5. ^ "Clyde Scott Only Porker to Make All-Southwest". Hope Star, Arkansas. December 1, 1947. p. 5.
6. ^ Weldon Hart (September 21, 1947). "Terrific Cherry T Squashes Raiders". The Austin American. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Oregon Loses, But Gallantly, 38 to 13". Eugene Register-Guard. September 28, 1947. pp. 1, 22 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Weldon Hart (October 5, 1947). "Choo Choo Fails As Steers Blast Tar Heels, 34-0". Sunday American-Statesman (Austin, TX). pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Weldon Hart (October 12, 1947). "Texas Wins As Pop Bottles Fly: Layne Hurls Longhorns To 34-to-14 Win". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Weldon Hart (October 19, 1947). "Steers Blast Hogs: UT Club Rolls Through Rain To 21-6 Win". Sunday American-Statesman (Austin, TX). pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Weldon Hart (October 26, 1947). "Steers Rip Owls, 12-0: Fierce Line Play Finds UT Superior". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Weldon Hart (November 2, 1947). "SMU Rips Steers, 14-13: Walker Kicks Extra Point To Drop UT". Sunday American-Statesman (Austin, TX). pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ Weldon Hart. "Longhorns Crush Bears". The Austin American. pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ Weldon Hart (November 16, 1947). "Steers Blast Noted TCU Defense, 20-0". Sunday American-Statesman. pp. 1, 17 - via Newspapers.com.
15. ^ Weldon Hart (November 28, 1947). "Bowl-Bound Steers Smash Aggies, 32-13: UT Secures 8th Win In Row in Series". The Austin American. pp. 1, 13 - via Newspapers.com.
16. ^ Weldon Hart (January 2, 1947). "UT Romps Over Alabama, 27 to 7". The Austin American. pp. 1, 14 - via Newspapers.com.
17. ^ Mullins, Jim (January 2, 1948). "Alert Texas baffles Tide, 27 to 7". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 7. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
18. ^ "Football, All-Time Results". mackbrown-texasfootball.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
19. ^ "2010 NCAA Football Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletics Association.

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