1947 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

The 1947 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled a 7–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 253 to 125.

1947 West Texas State Buffaloes football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuffalo Stadium
1947 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $ 4 0 06 5 0
Hardin–Simmons 5 1 08 3 0
West Texas State 5 2 07 4 0
Arizona 3 2 05 4 1
Texas Mines 3 3 15 3 1
Arizona State 3 4 04 7 0
New Mexico 1 5 14 5 1
New Mexico A&M 1 4 03 6 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The team was led on offense by Cloyce Box who later played five seasons with the Detroit Lions.

West Texas was ranked at No. 94 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

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