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1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1947
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	6–4
conf_record	3–4
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	11th
captain	Harry Clark
captain2	Ed Royston
stadium	Groves Stadium

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.

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

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 57 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

Schedule

|September 27||Georgetown||Groves Stadium| Wake Forest, NC|W 6-0|12,000|

|October 4|at|Clemson||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 16-14|14,000|

|October 11|at|No. 19 North Carolina||Kenan Memorial Stadium| Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)|W 19-7|35,000|

|October 18|at|George Washington|14 |Griffith Stadium|Washington D.C.|W 39-0|9,500|

|October 25||No. 15 Duke|11 |Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)|L 6-13|25,000|

|November 1|at|William & Mary|15 |Cary Field|Williamsburg, VA|L 0-21|17,000|

|November 8|at|Boston College||Braves Field|Boston, MA|W 14-13|30,000|

|November 15|at|NC State||Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|L 0-20|20,000|

|November 21|vs|Duquesne||Bowman Gray Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|W 33-0|10,000|

|November 27|vs|South Carolina||American Legion Memorial Stadium|Charlotte, NC|L 0-6|17,000|

Rankings

References

"1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(November 29, 1947). "Cloud Is Captain Of All-Southern". The Cumberland News.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times.
(September 28, 1947). "Demon Deacons Plaster Hoyas For 6 To 0 Win". Ashville Citizen-Times.
Anton Foy. (October 5, 1947). "Deacons Shade Clemson In Gruelling Game, 16-14: 14,000 Watch Battle". The Greenville News.
(October 12, 1947). "National Limelight Fades For Tar Heels As Deacons Win, 19-7". The Daily Tar Heel.
(October 19, 1947). "Fetzer Leads Deacons To 39-7 Triumph". Ashville Citizen-Times.
Ralph Howland. (October 26, 1947). "Duke Tops Deacs: Folger Paces Big Blues To Rousing 13 To 6 Win". Ashville Citizen-Times.
(November 2, 1947). "Indians Top Deacons 21-0; Cloud Scores On Thriller". Daily Press (Newport news, Virginia).
Jerry Nason. (November 9, 1947). "Wake Forest Handed 14-13 Triumph by Fumbling Eagles". The Boston Globe.
Noel Yancy. (November 16, 1947). "UNC and State Roll To Victories: Demon Deacs Bow, 20-0; Justice Rambles Again". Asheville Citizen-Times.
(November 22, 1947). "Deacons Ramble Over Duquesne By 33-0 Count". The Ashville Citizen.
(November 28, 1947). "Birds Bleach Demon Deacons". The Times and Democrat.
(November 28, 1947). "Gamecocks Upset Wake Forest, 6 To 0". Asheville Citizen-Times.

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