1947 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football team

1947 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football
LSC champion
Salad Bowl, L 6–13 vs. Nevada
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record10–2 (6–0 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEagle Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 6 0 0 10 2 0
East Texas State 4 2 0 8 2 0
Southwest Texas State 4 2 0 5 4 0
Trinity (TX) 3 2 1 5 3 2
Stephen F. Austin 2 3 1 3 6 1
Sam Houston State 1 5 0 3 6 0
Houston 0 6 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football team represented the North Texas State Teachers College (later renamed the University of North Texas) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Odus Mitchell, the team compiled a 10–2 record (6–0 against LSC opponents), won the LSC championship, and lost to Nevada in the 1948 Salad Bowl.

North Texas was ranked at No. 78 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[1]

The team played its home games at Eagle Field in Denton, Texas.

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.