1947 Alamo Bowl

Alamo Bowl
Bowl game
Hardin–Simmons Cowboys Denver Pioneers (10–0) (5–4–1) 20 0 Head coach:  Warren B. Woodson Head coach:  Cac Hubbard
1 2 3 4 Total Hardin–Simmons 0 6 7 7 20 Denver 0 0 0 0 0
Date	January 4, 1947
Season	1946
Stadium	Alamo Stadium
Location	San Antonio, Texas
Attendance	3,730[1][2][3]

The 1947 Alamo Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game in Texas between the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and Denver Pioneers, played in San Antonio on January 4 at Alamo Stadium. Originally scheduled for New Year's Day, freezing temperatures and icy conditions postponed the game three days.^[4][5]

After a scoreless first quarter on a windy 28 °F (−2 °C) Saturday afternoon, Hardin–Simmons shut out Denver 20–0.^[2][3] Poor attendance (3,730)^[2][3] caused the game to be a financial failure and was not scheduled again.

There is no relation between this game and the current Alamo Bowl, which began in 1993.^[6]

See also

• List of college bowl games

References

1. "Hardin-Simmons Triumphs, 20-0, In Alamo Bowl". Chicago Tribune. January 5, 1947. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
2. "Cowboys blank Denver, 20-0". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 5, 1947. p. 23.
3. "Hardin-Simmons wins delayed bowl fracas". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 5, 1947. p. 5.
4. "Ice postpones Alamo Bowl game". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 2, 1947. p. 13.
5. "First Alamo Bowl kicks off after being delayed 3 days due to icy conditions in 1947". News4 San Antonio. January 4, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
6. Briggs, Jerry (May 11, 2015). "Once-humble Alamo Bowl aiming for title game". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.