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1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1947
team	Texas Tech Red Raiders
sport	football
conference	Border Conference
short_conf	Border
record	6–5
conf_record	4–0
head_coach	Dell Morgan
hc_year	7th
off_scheme	Single-wing
def_scheme	[6–2](6-2-defense)
stadium	Tech Stadium, Jones Stadium
champion	Border champion
bowl	[Sun Bowl](1948-sun-bowl)
bowl_result	L 12–13 vs. [Miami (OH)](1947-miami-redskins-football-team)

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.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Texas Tech was ranked at No. 140 out of 500 college football teams.

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.

Schedule

|September 20|at|Texas|Memorial Stadium|Austin, TX (rivalry)|L 0–33|30,000|

|September 27|vs|Texas A&M|Alamo Stadium|San Antonio, TX (rivalry)|L 7–29|20,000|

|October 4||West Texas State|Tech Stadium|Lubbock, TX|W 21–13|11,000|

|October 11||Tulsa|Tech Stadium|Lubbock, TX|W 14–7|12,500|

|October 18||Baylor|Tech Stadium|Lubbock, TX (rivalry)|L 6–32|13,000–13,106|

|October 25|at|Denver|DU Stadium|Denver, CO|W 36–7|17,947|

|November 1|at|Rice|Rice Field|Houston, TX|L 7–40|16,000|

|November 8||Arizona|Tech Stadium|Lubbock, TX|W 41–28|11,000|

|November 22|at|New Mexico|Zimmerman Field|Albuquerque, NM|W 26–20|10,000|

|November 29||Hardin–Simmons|Jones Stadium|Lubbock, TX|W 14–6|20,000|

|January 1, 1948|vs|Miami (OH)|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)|L 12–13|15,000|

References

"1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times.
(November 29, 1947). "New $400,000 Stadium To Be Dedicated At Grid Game". Lubbock Morning Avalanche.
Weldon Hart. (September 21, 1947). "Terrific Cherry T Squashes Raiders". The Austin American.
(September 28, 1947). "Raiders Beaten By Aggies". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Tom Miller. (October 5, 1947). "Red Raiders Stage Rally To Defeat WTSTC, 21 To 13". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
(October 12, 1947). "Red Raiders Trounce Tulsa In Bitter Grid Duel, 14 to 7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
(2017). "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football, 2017 Record & Fact Book". University of Tulsa.
Joe Kelly. (October 19, 1947). "Baylor's Deceptive Bruins Trample Red Raiders, 32 To 6". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Joe Kelly. (October 26, 1947). "Raiders Surge From Behind To Overpower Denver, 36-7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
(November 2, 1947). "Rebounding Rice Owls Storm Over Tech's Raiders, 40-7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Joe Kelly. (November 9, 1947). "Raiders Turn Back Wildcats In Wild Scoring Duel, 41-28". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Wilbur Bentley. (November 23, 1947). "Lobos' Great Rally in Last Half Falls Short as Raiders Win Battle, 26-20". Albuquerque Journal.
(November 30, 1947). "Tech Beats H-SU, Accepts Sun Bowl Bid". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Chuck Whitlock. (January 2, 1948). "Miami Edges Texas Tech In Sun Bowl". The El Paso Times.

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