1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Border champion
Sun Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Miami (OH)
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record6–5 (4–0 Border)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–2
Home stadiumTech Stadium, Jones Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

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]

  1. ^ "1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hardin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "New $400,000 Stadium To Be Dedicated At Grid Game". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. November 29, 1947. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.