1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Wake Forest Demon Deacons
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| 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
}}
{{1947 Southern Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 24, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wake-forest/1947-schedule.html}}
Guard Edward Royston was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1947 All-Southern Conference football team.{{cite news|title=Cloud Is Captain Of All-Southern|newspaper=The Cumberland News|date=November 29, 1947|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3903521/cloud_is_captain_of_all_southern/}}
Wake Forest was ranked at No. 57 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.{{cite news|title=Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Times|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 18, 1947|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1947
| poll = AP
| rank = yes
| attend = yes
| source = yes
|September 27||Georgetown
|October 4|at|Clemson||Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|W 16-14|14,000|{{cite news|title=Deacons Shade Clemson In Gruelling Game, 16-14: 14,000 Watch Battle|newspaper=The Greenville News|author=Anton Foy|date=October 5, 1947|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28309677/deacons_shade_clemson_in_gruelling/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 11|at|No. 19 North Carolina||Kenan Memorial Stadium| Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)|W 19-7|35,000|{{cite news|title=National Limelight Fades For Tar Heels As Deacons Win, 19-7|newspaper=The Daily Tar Heel|date=October 12, 1947|pages=1, 3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28410075/national_limelight_fades_for_tar_heels/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18|at|George Washington|14 |Griffith Stadium|Washington D.C.|W 39-0|9,500|{{cite news|title=Fetzer Leads Deacons To 39-7 Triumph|newspaper=Ashville Citizen-Times|date=October 19, 1947|page=33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28374052/fetzer_leads_deacons_to_397_triumph/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25||No. 15 Duke|11 |Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)|L 6-13|25,000|{{cite news|title=Duke Tops Deacs: Folger Paces Big Blues To Rousing 13 To 6 Win|newspaper=Ashville Citizen-Times|author=Ralph Howland|date=October 26, 1947|page=D1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28202839/duke_tops_deacs_folger_paces_big_blues/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 1|at|William & Mary|15 |Cary Field|Williamsburg, VA|L 0-21|17,000|{{cite news|title=Indians Top Deacons 21-0; Cloud Scores On Thriller|newspaper=Daily Press (Newport news, Virginia)|date=November 2, 1947|page=10A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28409482/indians_top_deacons_210_cloud_scores/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8|at|Boston College
|November 15|at|NC State||Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|L 0-20|20,000|{{cite news|title=UNC and State Roll To Victories: Demon Deacs Bow, 20-0; Justice Rambles Again|newspaper=Asheville Citizen-Times|author=Noel Yancy|date=November 16, 1947|page=D1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28402890/unc_and_state_roll_to_victories_demon/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 21|vs|Duquesne
|November 27|vs|South Carolina||American Legion Memorial Stadium|Charlotte, NC|L 0-6|17,000|{{cite news|title=Birds Bleach Demon Deacons|newspaper=The Times and Democrat|date=November 28, 1947|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28610635/birds_bleach_demon_deacons/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Gamecocks Upset Wake Forest, 6 To 0|newspaper=Asheville Citizen-Times|date=November 28, 1947|page=25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28409702/gamecocks_upset_wake_forest_6_to_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Rankings
{{see also|1947 college football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = AP
| poll1firstweek = 1
| poll1lastweek = 10
| poll1_1=NR
| poll1_2=14 {{small|(2)}}
| poll1_3=11
| poll1_4=15
| poll1_5=NR
| poll1_6=NR
| poll1_7=NR
| poll1_8=NR
| poll1_9=NR
| poll1_10=NR
}}
References
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