1947 Rice Owls football team

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Ranking
AP	No. 18

1947 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 SMU $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	2
No. 5 Texas	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 18 Rice	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
TCU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	2
Arkansas	1	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Baylor	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1947 college football season. The Owls were led by eighth-year head coach Jess Neely and played their home games at Rice Field in Houston, Texas. Rice competed as a member of the Southwest Conference, finishing in third. The Owls finished the regular season with a record of 6–3–1, and were ranked 18th in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 27	at LSU*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 14–21
October 4	at USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 7–7
October 11	Tulane*	No. 16	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 33–0
October 18	at SMU	No. 15	Ownby Stadium Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 0–14
October 25	at No. 3 Texas		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–12
November 1	Texas Tech*		Rice Field Houston, TX	W 40–7
November 8	Arkansas		Rice Field Houston, TX	W 26–0
November 15	Texas A&M		Rice Field Houston, TX	W 41–7
November 22	at TCU	No. 20	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 7–0
November 29	Baylor	No. 18	Rice Field Houston, TX	W 34–6
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game