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1947 Wake Forest

6–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1947, game by game: won vs. Georgetown 6–0; won at Clemson 16–14; won at No. 19 North Carolina 19–7; won at George Washington 39–7; lost vs. No. 15 Duke 6–13; lost at William & Mary 0–21; won at Boston College 14–13; lost at NC State 0–20; won vs. Duquesne 33–0; lost at South Carolina 0–6+33−21Won 6–0 vs. Georgetown+6GeorgetownWon 16–14 at Clemson+2ClemsonWon 19–7 at No. 19 North Carolina+12No. 19 North CarolinaWon 39–7 at George Washington+32George Washingt…Lost 6–13 vs. No. 15 Duke-7No. 15 DukeLost 0–21 at William & Mary-21William & MaryWon 14–13 at Boston College+1Boston CollegeLost 0–20 at NC State-20NC StateWon 33–0 vs. Duquesne+33DuquesneLost 0–6 at South Carolina-6South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsGeorgetownW 6–⁠072%
Oct 4atClemsonW 16–⁠1457%
Oct 11at19North CarolinaW 19–⁠739%
Oct 18atGeorge WashingtonW 39–⁠775%
Oct 25vs15DukeL 6–⁠1359%
Nov 1atWilliam & MaryL 0–⁠2143%
Nov 8atBoston CollegeW 14–⁠1343%
Nov 15atNC StateL 0–⁠2051%
Nov 21vsDuquesneW 33–⁠078%
Nov 27atSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠654%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 6–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The tied 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 14
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 4: 15

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
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 10th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
133–⁠101
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1540 −13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.1 No. 48 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Harry Clark and Ed Royston

All-Southern Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Edward RoystonOGAP-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

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.