1947 Texas College Steers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Texas College Steers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = SWAC
| record = 5–2–3
| conf_record = 3–1–1
| head_coach = Alexander Durley
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1947 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1947 Texas College Steers football team was an American football team that represented Texas College in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Alexander Durley, the team compiled a 5–2–3 record, 3–1–1 against conference opponents. The team was ranked No. 16 among the nation's black college football teams according to the Pittsburgh Courier and its Dickinson Rating System.{{cite news|title=Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 6, 1947|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40070100/tennessee_no_1_in_natl_grid_ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|October 6|vs|{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Samuel Huston Dragons|title=Samuel Huston}}|Cotton Bowl|Dallas, TX|W 13-7||
|October 11||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Arkansas AM&N Lions|title=Arkansas AM&N}}|Steer Stadium|Tyler, TX|T 13-13||
|October 18||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Langston Lions|title=Langston}}|||T 6-6||
|November 1|at|Southern|University Stadium|Baton Rouge, LA|L 7-35||
|November 8||Prairie View
|November 15||{{cfb link|year=1947|team=Bishop Tigers|title=Bishop}}|||T 13-13||
|November 22|at|Texas State
|November 27|at|Wiley
}}