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1947 North Carolina

8–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Snavely, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1947, game by game: won vs. Georgia 14–7; lost at Texas 0–34; lost vs. Wake Forest 7–19; won at William & Mary 13–7; won at Florida 35–7; won vs. Tennessee 20–6; won vs. NC State 41–6; won vs. Maryland 19–0; won at Duke 21–0; won vs. Virginia 40–7+35−34Won 14–7 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaLost 0–34 at Texas-34TexasLost 7–19 vs. Wake Forest-12Wake ForestWon 13–7 at William & Mary+6William & MaryWon 35–7 at Florida+28FloridaWon 20–6 vs. Tennessee+14TennesseeWon 41–6 vs. NC State+35NC StateWon 19–0 vs. Maryland+19MarylandWon 21–0 at Duke+21DukeWon 40–7 vs. Virginia+33Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠746%
Oct 4atTexasL 0–⁠3438%
Oct 11vsWake ForestL 7–⁠1961%
Oct 18atWilliam & MaryW 13–⁠736%
Oct 25atFloridaW 35–⁠781%
Nov 1vsTennesseeW 20–⁠666%
Nov 8vsNC StateW 41–⁠668%
Nov 15vsMarylandW 19–⁠065%
Nov 22atDukeW 21–⁠054%
Nov 29vsVirginiaW 40–⁠774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 40–⁠7; No. 9 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 5: 18
  3. Wk 6: 19
  4. Wk 7: 13
  5. Wk 8: 10
  6. Wk 9: 10
  7. Final: 9

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1947.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 9
Points
210–⁠93
Coach
Carl Snavely
Elo
1705 +107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.4 No. 6 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
George Sparger and Joe Wright

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 3Bill Smith OTChicago Cardinals

All-Southern Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
William & Mary7–⁠19–⁠214
North Carolina4–⁠18–⁠29
South Carolina4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Duke3–⁠1–⁠14–⁠3–⁠219
Washington and Lee3–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠2
NC State3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
Virginia Tech4–⁠34–⁠5
Davidson3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠46–⁠4
VMI2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Clemson1–⁠34–⁠5
The Citadel1–⁠43–⁠5
Furman1–⁠42–⁠7
Richmond1–⁠53–⁠7
George Washington0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.