Hardin Simmons at Arizona State
Saturday, December 6, 1947 Share
Hardin Simmons beat Arizona State 42–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Hardin Simmons led the series 7–0.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 41°F, 0.23 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, December 8, 1947, page 15 (results column)
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Three Bowl Contests Slated Saturday in California, Texas NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Notre Dame nailed up the boards on. the 1947 college football season Saturday with sledgehammer ncks that felled Southern California, SO to 7, and now we can all sit back and get confused in peace about the myriad bowl games. There were four of the extra added attractions over the week end, but these days that’s not enough to whet the appetite of the confirmed bowl fancier. Three more are coming up Saturday. Then a half dozen or so others are to be unraveled before January l when they really pop loose Is at last count. This weeks bowl lineup, with team records by wins, defeats and ties in parenthesis, goes like this Little Rose Bowl at Pasadena Cameron (Okla) Aggies 10000 VS. Chaffey Junior College, Ontario Calf, i9-1-0). Boys Ranch Bowl at Abilene, Tex Missouri Valley 10000 VS.. Nc Murry College 7-2-D. Grape Bowl at Lodi, Calif.-Utah State t6-4-O VS.. College of the Pa cif1c CLIO. The Great Lakes, Glass and Aloha Bowls decided their champions Saturday, and yesterday the Missouri College All-Stars repelled the Kan sas College All-Stars, $50, in the second Mo-Kan Bowl at Kansas City. Kentucky won the Great Lakes Bowl game at Cleveland, conquering Villanova, 24–14, before 14,908 fans. Glass Bowl honors at Toledo were snatched by the host Toledo team, which fractured New Hampshire’s eight-game winning streak, 20–14, with 1880 watching. The Shrine’s Aloha Bowl game went to Hawaii University, winner over Fresno State, 27–13. In regular season finales, Tulane rose up, to tie L. S. u, 6–6, in the ancient Louisiana feud. Arizona tied Utah, the Big Seven champ 1920, and Hardin Simmons bumped Arizona State of Tempe, 42–0.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Hardin Simmons 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Hardin Simmons–Arizona State gameHardin Simmons leads 13–8 in 21 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.
Around this game
Hardin Simmons
- Next gamevs. San Diego StateJan. 1, 1948, Harbor Bowl
- SeasonHardin Simmons in 1947
- ProgramHardin Simmons history and records
Arizona State
- Next gamevs. Western ColoradoSept. 25, 1948
- SeasonArizona State in 1947
- ProgramArizona State history and records
