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1947 VMI

3–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Slick Morton.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1947, game by game: won vs. Catawba 13–6; won vs. George Washington 13–7; lost at No. 4 Georgia Tech 0–20; lost at Richmond 20–21; lost vs. No. 13 Virginia 6–35; tied at Davidson 14–14; lost at No. 15 William & Mary 20–28; lost at The Citadel 6–7; won vs. Virginia Tech 28–14+14−29Won 13–6 vs. Catawba+7CatawbaWon 13–7 vs. George Washington+6George Washingt…Lost 0–20 at No. 4 Georgia Tech-20No. 4 Georgia TechLost 20–21 at Richmond-1RichmondLost 6–35 vs. No. 13 Virginia-29No. 13 VirginiaTied 14–14 at Davidson0DavidsonLost 20–28 at No. 15 William & Mary-8No. 15 William & MaryLost 6–7 at The Citadel-1The CitadelWon 28–14 vs. Virginia Tech+14Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsCatawbaW 13–⁠675%
Oct 4vsGeorge WashingtonW 13–⁠754%
Oct 11at4Georgia TechL 0–⁠2014%
Oct 18atRichmondL 20–⁠2151%
Oct 25vs13VirginiaL 6–⁠3525%
Nov 1atDavidsonT 14–⁠1446%
Nov 8at15William & MaryL 20–⁠2814%
Nov 15atThe CitadelL 6–⁠746%
Nov 27vsVirginia TechW 28–⁠1434%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 11th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠152
Coach
Slick Morton
Elo
1385 +23 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.5 No. 79 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Malachi MillsOTAP-1

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

Conference page
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.