UH's 1947 football team. Head coach Jewell Wallace is top row, far left.
Top UH staff in the fall of 1947.
Centenary student newspaper preview of the season opener (Pt 1)
It would be Centenary's first game since before World War II.
Centenary sponsored a train to Houston for the game.
Centenary game program 1947
Bill Cook "belly-tackles" a Centenary Gent
Headline in Centenary paper after UH beats the Gents
Recap of Centenary-Houston game
Recap of Centenary-Houston game (part 2)
Recap of Centenary-Houston game (bottom part of article)
AP article - UH beats Centenary
The Centenary yearbook says "UH is a team to watch"
Centenary recap & McMurry preview
Preview from McMurry War Whoop (student newspaper)
Houston fans appear to be doing a "white out" in the McMurry game
McMurry War Whoop game story
UH edges McMurray pt 1
UH edges McMurry (pt 2)
McMurry student newspaper end-of-year wrap-up.
UH QB Boyd Tingle lets it fly against Daniel Baker College
Kicker Ken Hawkins in an attempt vs Daniel Baker College
Cougar defense in pursuit of Daniel Baker runner.
Coogs beat the Daniel Baker Hillbillies, 35-12.
Cougars rout Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker yearbook recap
UH QB Boyd Tingle vs Texas A&I
Texas A&I shuts out UH. Cougars don't complete a pass.
Texas A&I yearbook on the UH game. The score in the headline is inaccurate. It was 13-0.
East Texas State runner about to be hit.
East Texas scat back scores
East Texas St rolls UH
Wrap up of ETS and Trinity preview from Houston Citizen.
Trinity running it at Public School Stadium
Trinity shuts out the Coogs
Cougars lose a "dull lifeless game" according to the Trinity yearbook
Travel story before the Hardin Simmons game. From The Brand student newspaper at H-SU.
H-SU The Brand preview of Houston
Abeline Reporter newspaper's preview of UH/Coach Wallace
Cecil Towns - Tackle for UH
HS-U Romps Over UH in Corpus Christi / Corpus Christi Caller
Billy Butler - Tackle
Game recap from The Brand. UH loses 33-7 and completes 0 passes again.
Recap from the Bronco, the Hardin-Simmons yearbook
SFA hosts UH at at Lumberjack Homecoming
SFA runner named Anger gets free as the Coogs chase him down
SFA Bops the Coogs
SFA game from the SFA yearbook, the Stone Fort
The SFA game would be the last time UH scored on the season.
The North Texas State game in Denton
UH defenders try to bring an Eagle down as #88 watches from afar.
The referee is in white. This is the standard ref uniform in the late 1940s. UH in their 1947 stripes.
North Texas wins 33-0 on Homecoming / Denton Record-Chronicle
Eagles stomp the Coogs from the NT yearbook, the Yucca
Southwest Texas game preview / the Houston Citizen
Cougar punter Roy Wallace couldn't handle a snap in the end zone vs Southwest Texas State
Lowest scoring UH game of all-time, 2-0 (UP wire service)
The 1st broadcast home of the Cougars, KOPY-FM. was Texas' first FM station. It was owned by Judge Hofheinz.
Bill Cook - Center
Sam Houston shuts out UH to end the season
Bobcats and Bearkats Win / Houstonian Yearbook
Three weeks after the season ends with 3 shutouts, Jewell Wallace resigns.
Jewell Wallace quits
Frank Leahy speaks at UH football banquet / Houston Citizen
Clyde Lee named coach – March 1948 / Houston Citizen
1947 Football Results
1947 Lone Star Conference Standings
