1947 Arizona State

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Border Conference), coached by Edward Doherty.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1947, game by game: won vs. Cal Poly 33–6; won at New Mexico 25–12; lost vs. Abilene Christian 7–13; lost at Pepperdine 6–27; won vs. Northern Arizona 31–7; won vs. New Mexico State 33–12; lost at UTEP 0–21; lost vs. Arizona 13–26; lost at West Texas 7–35; lost vs. Nevada 13–33; lost vs. Hardin Simmons 0–42+27−42Won 33–6 vs. Cal Poly+27Cal PolyWon 25–12 at New Mexico+13New MexicoLost 7–13 vs. Abilene Christian-6Abilene Christi…Lost 6–27 at Pepperdine-21PepperdineWon 31–7 vs. Northern Arizona+24Northern ArizonaWon 33–12 vs. New Mexico State+21New Mexico StateLost 0–21 at UTEP-21UTEPLost 13–26 vs. Arizona-13ArizonaLost 7–35 at West Texas-28West TexasLost 13–33 vs. Nevada-20NevadaLost 0–42 vs. Hardin Simmons-42Hardin Simmons
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hardin Simmons 42–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1947.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
168–⁠234
Coach
Edward Doherty
Elo
1256 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.1 No. 112 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1947 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas Tech4–⁠06–⁠5
Hardin Simmons5–⁠18–⁠3
West Texas5–⁠27–⁠4
Arizona3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
UTEP3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠44–⁠7
New Mexico1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
New Mexico State1–⁠43–⁠6
Northern Arizona0–⁠41–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.