1947 East Texas State Lions football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record8–2 (4–2 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEast Texas Stadium
1947 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Texas State $ 6 –0 –010 –2 –0
East Texas State 4 –2 –08 –2 –0
Southwest Texas State 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
Trinity (TX) 3 –2 –15 –3 –2
Stephen F. Austin 2 –3 –13 –6 –1
Sam Houston State 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Houston 0 –6 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 East Texas State Lions football team represented the East Texas State Teachers College (later renamed the Texas A&M University–Commerce) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1947 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Bob Berry, the team compiled an 8–2 record (4–2 against conference opponents) and tied for second place in the Lone Star Conference. The team played its home games at East Texas Stadium in Commerce, Texas.

James "Cargo" Batchelor led the team on offense. He was inducted into the Texas A&M-Commerce/East Texas State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.[1]

East Texas was ranked at No. 108 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Hardin
W 20–7[3]
September 26at Northwestern StateNatchitoches, LAW 27–0[4]
October 4at Howard PayneBrownwood, TXW 33–0
October 11Stephen F. Austin
  • East Texas Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 27–0[5]
October 18at Houston
W 33–7[6]
October 25Austin
  • East Texas Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 13–0[7]
October 31at Sam Houston State
W 28–6[8]
November 8at Southwest Texas StateSan Marcos, TXL 7–204,000[9]
November 15Trinity (TX)*
  • East Texas Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 28–7 [10]
November 22at North Texas State
L 6–126,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "Texas A&M-Commerce/East Texas State University Athletic Hall of Fame Members". Texas A&M-Commerce. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "East Texas Lions Top Hardin Tribe". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 21, 1947. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Texas Teachers Run Roughshod Over NSC, 27-0". The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana). September 27, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "East Texas State Lions Wallop Stephen Austin". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 12, 1947. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "East Texas Tallies 33-7 Victory Over Houston U." Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 19, 1947. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Kangaroos Shut Out By East Texas College". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 26, 1947. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "East Texas Downs Sam Houston Squad". The Waco News-Tribune. November 1, 1947. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Southwest Texas Upsets East Texas". Abilene Reporter-News. November 9, 1947. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Lions Defeat Tigers To Stay In Running". Denton Record-Chronicle. November 16, 1947. p. 8-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Eagles Splash to 12-6 Win Over Commerce". Denton Record-Chronicle. November 23, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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