1947 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 1947 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ed Doherty, the team compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against Border opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 234 to 168.^[1][2]

1947 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	4–7 (3–4 Border)
Head coach	Ed Doherty (1st season)
Home stadium	Goodwin Stadium
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas Tech $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Hardin–Simmons	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
West Texas State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Arizona	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	5	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
New Mexico A&M	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Arizona State was ranked at No. 158 out of 500 college football teams.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Cal Poly*	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 33–6	9,000	[4]
September 27	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	W 25–12		[5]
October 4	Abilene Christian*	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 7–13	10,000	[6]
October 11	at Pepperdine*	Sentinel Field Inglewood, CA	L 6–27	10,249	[7]
October 18	Arizona State–Flagstaff	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 31–7		[8]
November 1	New Mexico A&M	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 33–12	10,000	[9]
November 8	at Texas Mines	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 0–21	10,000	[10]
November 15	Arizona	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ (rivalry)	L 13–26	15,000	[11]
November 22	at West Texas State	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	L 7–35	2,500	[12]
November 29	vs. Nevada*	Butcher Field Las Vegas, NV	L 13–33	330	[13]
December 6	Hardin-Simmons	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 0–42		[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming