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1947 Texas

10–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Blair Cherry, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1947, game by game: won vs. Texas Tech 33–0; won at Oregon 38–13; won vs. North Carolina 34–0; won vs. No. 15 Oklahoma 34–14; won vs. Arkansas 21–6; won vs. Rice 12–0; lost at No. 8 SMU 13–14; won vs. Baylor 28–7; won vs. TCU 20–0; won at Texas A&M 32–13; won vs. No. 7 Alabama 27–7+34−1Won 33–0 vs. Texas Tech+33Texas TechWon 38–13 at Oregon+25OregonWon 34–0 vs. North Carolina+34North CarolinaWon 34–14 vs. No. 15 Oklahoma+20No. 15 OklahomaWon 21–6 vs. Arkansas+15ArkansasWon 12–0 vs. Rice+12RiceLost 13–14 at No. 8 SMU-1No. 8 SMUWon 28–7 vs. Baylor+21BaylorWon 20–0 vs. TCU+20TCUWon 32–13 at Texas A&M+19Texas A&MWon 27–7 vs. No. 7 Alabama+20No. 7 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsTexas TechW 33–⁠067%
Sep 27atOregonW 38–⁠1368%
Oct 4vsNorth CarolinaW 34–⁠062%
Oct 11vs15OklahomaW 34–⁠1458%
Oct 18vsArkansasW 21–⁠675%
Oct 25vsRiceW 12–⁠077%
Nov 1at8SMUL 13–⁠1457%
Nov 8vsBaylorW 28–⁠786%
Nov 15vsTCUW 20–⁠080%
Nov 27atTexas A&MW 32–⁠1378%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs7AlabamaSugar BowlW 27–⁠755%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 27–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 8
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 7
  9. Wk 9: 6
  10. Final: 5

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.

Led the nationBobby Layne: passer rating (138.9)

Consensus All-AmericanBobby Layne, QB

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 3
Points
292–⁠74
Coach
Blair Cherry
Elo
1777 +166 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
30.7 No. 2 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 1Bobby Layne QBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 1Max Bumgardner DEChicago Bears
Rd 3Paul Campbell QBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 1Bobby Layne QBBaltimore Colts (AAFC)

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Tom LandryBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠23
Texas5–⁠110–⁠15
Rice4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠118
TCU2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Arkansas1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠55–⁠5

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