1947 Texas Longhorns football team

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]

1947 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 27–7 vs. Alabama
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
1947 record10–1 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1947 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 202:30 p.m.Texas Tech*
W 33–030,000[6]
September 273:00 p.m.at Oregon*
W 38–1330,000[7]
October 42:30 p.m.No. 19 North Carolina*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 34–047,000[8]
October 112:30 p.m.vs. No. 15 Oklahoma*No. 3
W 34–1446,000[9]
October 182:30 p.m.vs. ArkansasNo. 3
W 21–628,000[10]
October 252:30 p.m.RiceNo. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 12–048,400[11]
November 12:30 p.m.at No. 8 SMUNo. 3
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
L 13–1450,000[12]
November 82:30 p.m.BaylorNo. 8
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 28–734,000[13]
November 152:30 p.m.TCUNo. 7
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 20–043,000[14]
November 272:00 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 7
W 32–1343,000[15]
January 1, 1948vs. No. 6 Alabama*No. 5
W 27–773,000[16][17]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[18]

Roster

Awards/honors

Bobby Layne

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

References
  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. Google News Archives. p. 7. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf


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