1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Southern Conference
1947 record 6–4 (3–4 Southern)
Head coach Peahead Walker (11th season)
1947 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 William & Mary 7 1 0  9 2 0
No. 9 North Carolina 4 1 0  8 2 0
South Carolina 4 1 1  6 2 1
No. 19 Duke 3 1 1  4 3 2
Washington and Lee 3 2 0  5 5 0
Maryland 3 2 1  7 2 2
No. 17 NC State 3 2 1  5 3 1
VPI 4 3 0  4 5 0
Davidson 3 3 1  6 3 1
Wake Forest 3 4 0  6 4 0
VMI 2 3 1  3 5 1
Clemson 1 3 0  4 5 0
The Citadel 1 4 0  3 5 0
Furman 1 4 0  2 7 0
Richmond 1 5 0  3 7 0
George Washington 0 4 0  1 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1947 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–4 record and finished in tenth place in the Southern Conference.[1]

Guard Edward Royston was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1947 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResult
09/27/1947GeorgetownWake Forest, NCW 6-0
10/04/1947*at ClemsonClemson, SCW 16-14
10/11/1947*at #19 UNCChapel Hill, NCW 19-7
10/18/1947*at George WashingtonWashington DCW 39-0
10/25/1947*#15 DukeWake Forest, NCL 6-13
11/01/1947*at William & MaryWilliamsburg, VAL 0-21
11/08/1947at Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MAW 14-13
11/15/1947*at NC StateRaleigh, NCL 0-20
11/21/1947DuquesneWinston-Salem, NCW 33-0
11/27/1947*South CarolinaCharlotte, NCL 0-6

References

  1. "1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. "Cloud Is Captain Of All-Southern". The Cumberland News. November 29, 1947. p. 11.
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