1947 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team
| 1947 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| 1947 record | 3–7 (0–2 Missouri Valley) |
| Head coach | Jim Lookabaugh (9th season) |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (later renamed Oklahoma State University–Stillwater) in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1947 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Jim Lookabaugh, the Cowboys compiled a 3–7 record (0–2 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 134 to 116.[1][2]
The team's statistical leaders included halfback Jim Spavital with 411 rushing yards and 36 points scored, Bob Cook with 188 passing yards, and Don Van Pool with 92 receiving yards.[3]
No Oklahoma A&M players received first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 1947.[4]
The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| September 20 | at Kansas State* | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 12–0 | ||||||
| September 27 | at TCU* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | W 14–7 | ||||||
| October 4 | at Denver* | DU Stadium • Denver | L 14–26 | ||||||
| October 11 | SMU* | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | L 14–21 | ||||||
| October 18 | Georgia* | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | L 7–20 | ||||||
| October 25 | at Drake | Drake Stadium • Des Moines, Iowa | L 9–13 | ||||||
| November 1 | at Temple | Franklin Field • Philadelphia | W 26–0 | ||||||
| November 8 | Tulsa | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | L 0–13 | ||||||
| November 15 | Kansas* |
Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | L 7–13 | ||||||
| November 29 | at No. 20 Oklahoma* | Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series) | L 13–21 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1947 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Oklahoma State Cowboy Football 2016 Guide" (PDF). Oklahoma State University. p. 172. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ↑ 2016 Football Guide, pp. 168, 170.
- ↑ 2016 Football Guide, p. 155.