1947 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team

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1947
Southwest Texas State Bobcats football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record5–4 (4–1 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEvans Field
Seasons
1947 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 6 0 0 10 2 0
East Texas State 4 2 0 8 2 0
Southwest Texas State 4 2 0 5 4 0
Trinity (TX)
3 2 1 5 3 2
Stephen F. Austin 2 3 1 3 6 1
Sam Houston State 1 5 0 3 6 0
Houston 0 6 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University) during the 1947 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In their second year under head coach George Vest, the team compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Southwest Texas was ranked at No. 139 out of 500 college football teams.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Abilene Christian*
L 13–193,500[2]
September 27
Trinity (TX)
L 13–14[3]
October 4
Texas A&I*
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
L 13–19[4]
October 11Howard Payne*
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
W 20–0[5]
October 25at Stephen F. Austin
W 20–0[6]
November 1at North Texas State
L 7–276,000[7]
November 8East Texas State
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
W 20–74,000[8]
November 15Sam Houston State
  • Evans Field
  • San Marcos, TX
W 7–6[9]
November 22at HoustonW 2–0[10]
  • *Non-conference game

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