The 1947 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team was an

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team that represented Texas Technological College (later known as

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) as a member of the

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during the 1947 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–0 against conference opponents), lost to Miami (OH) in the

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, and outscored all opponents by a total of 228 to 184. The team played its first four home games at Tech Stadium in

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. The final home game of the season was played on November 29, 1947, at the new Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium. The new concrete and steel stadium was built at a cost of $400,000 and was named in honor of the college's president emeritus and his wife.

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