1947 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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1947
Furman Purple Hurricane football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–6 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJames McQueen
Home stadiumSirrine Stadium
Seasons
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 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1947 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Bob Smith, the team compiled an overall record 2–7 with a mark of 1–4 against conference opponents, tied for 13th place in the SoCon, and was outscored by a total of 205 to 68.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Furman was ranked at No. 161 out of 500 college football teams.[2]

The team played its home games at Sirrine Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Georgia*L 7–1317,000[3]
September 27at VPIL 6–2010,000[4]
October 11at South CarolinaL 8–2613,500[5]
October 17The CitadelW 7–09,000[6]
October 25at Wofford*
W 20–68,000[7]
November 1at Florida*L 7–34-214,000[8]
November 8Clemson
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
L 7–3518,000[9]
November 22at No. 10
Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
  • L 0–5120,000[10]
    November 27Davidson
    • Sirrine Stadium
    • Greenville, SC
    L 6–208,000[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1947 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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