1947 Missouri Tigers football team

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1947 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record6–4 (3–2 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Kansas + 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 2
No. 16 Oklahoma + 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Missouri 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1947 Missouri Tigers football team was an

Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1947 college football season. The team compiled a 6–4 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 240 to 116. Don Faurot was the head coach for the 10th of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri
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The team's statistical leaders included Harold "Bus" Entsminger with 446 rushing yards and 372 passing yards, Mel Sheehan with 218 receiving yards, and Nick Carras with 30 points scored.[3]

Missouri was ranked at No. 28 or No. 136 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Saint Louis*
W 19–017,000[5]
September 27at Ohio State*
L 7–1359,444[6]
October 4at SMU*
L 19–3526,000[7]
October 11at Colorado*
W 21–0[8]
October 18Kansas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 47–718,000[9]
October 25at Iowa State
W 26–715,000[10]
November 1Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 47–620,000[11]
November 8at No. 13 Duke*
W 28–725,000[12]
November 15OklahomadaggerNo. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
L 12–2128,500[13]
November 22at No. 17 Kansas
L 14–2040,043[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1947 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
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AP
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References

  1. ^ "1947 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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