1947 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1947 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 9 North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Duke	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
No. 17 NC State	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
VPI	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
George Washington	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/27/1947	Georgetown	Wake Forest, NC	W 6-0
10/04/1947*	at Clemson	Clemson, SC	W 16-14
10/11/1947*	at #19 UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	W 19-7
10/18/1947*	at George Washington	Washington DC	W 39-0
10/25/1947*	#15 Duke	Wake Forest, NC	L 6-13
11/01/1947*	at William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	L 0-21
11/08/1947	at Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	W 14-13
11/15/1947*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	L 0-20
11/21/1947	Duquesne	Winston-Salem, NC	W 33-0
11/27/1947*	South Carolina	Charlotte, NC	L 0-6