1947 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1947 North Carolina Tar Heels football Southern Conference SoCon 9 8–2 4–1 Carl Snavely 5th George Sparger Joe Wright Kenan Memorial Stadium The 1947 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled an 8–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, was ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 210 to 93.1947 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 16, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina/1947-schedule.html Three North Carolina players were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1947 All-Southern Conference football team: halfback Charlie Justice; end Art Weiner; and tackle Len Szafaryn.Cloud Is Captain Of All-Southern The Cumberland News November 29, 1947 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3903521/cloud_is_captain_of_all_southern/ Justice, known as Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice, was a triple-threat man who was selected by a vote of the Southern Conference's 16 head coaches as the most valuable player in the conference during the 1947 season.Justice Is Voted 'Most Valuable' The Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, NC) November 26, 1947 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28504283/justice_is_voted_most_valuable/ Newspapers.com The team played its home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Schedule 1947 AP y Eastern September 27 2:30 p.m. Goldwater Bob September 27, 1947 Tar Heels Open Tough Campaign Against Georgia In Kenan Today The Daily Tar Heel 1 https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-09-27/ed-1/seq-1/ North Carolina Newspapers (digitalnc.org) April 7, 2022 w y Georgia Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 14–7 44,000 Late Passing Attack Gives Carolina 14-7 Win Over Georgia The Daily Tar Heel Bob Goldwater September 28, 1947 1, 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28505325/late_passing_attack_gives_carolina_147/ Newspapers.com October 4 3:30 p.m.https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-10-04/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 04, 1947, Image 1 4 October 1947 1947/10/04 1 l y y Texas Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX 0–34 47,000 Choo Choo Fails As Steers Blast Tar Heels, 34-0 Sunday American-Statesman (Austin, TX) Weldon Hart October 5, 1947 1, 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28448854/choo_choo_fails_as_steers_blast_tar/ Newspapers.com October 11 2:30 p.m.https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-10-11/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, October 11, 1947, Image 1 11 October 1947 1947/10/11 1 l 19 Wake Forest Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC rivalry 7–19 35,000 National Limelight Fades For Tar Heels As Deacons Win, 19-7 The Daily Tar Heel October 12, 1947 1, 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28410075/national_limelight_fades_for_tar_heels/ Newspapers.com October 18 2:30 p.m. w y William & Mary Cary Field Williamsburg, VA 13–7 18,000 W&M Fumble In Fourth Quarter Gives North Carolina 14-7 Win The Staunton News-Leader October 19, 1947 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28502884/wm_fumble_in_fourth_quarter_gives/ Newspapers.com October 25 2:30 p.m. w y y Florida Florida Field Gainesville, FL 35–7 25,000 Tar Heels Bulldoze Florida For 35 to 7 Victory The Daily Tar Heel Billy Carmichael October 26, 1947 1, 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28505641/tar_heels_bulldoze_florida_for_35_to_7/ Newspapers.com November 1 2:00 p.m.https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-11-01/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 01, 1947, Image 1 November 1947 1947/11/01 1 w y Tennessee Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 20–6 41,000 Tar Heels Roll To 20-6 Triumph Over Tennessee The Daily Tar Heel Bob Goldwater November 2, 1947 1, 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28505987/tar_heels_roll_to_206_triumph_over/ Newspapers.com November 8 2:00 p.m.https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-11-08/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 08, 1947, Image 1 8 November 1947 1947/11/08 1 w 18 NC State Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC rivalry 41–6 40,000 Powerful Tar Heels Slaughter Wolfpack, 41-6 The Daily Tar Heel November 9, 1947 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28402731/powerful_tar_heels_slaughter_wolfpack/ Newspapers.com November 15 2:00 p.m.https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-11-15/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 15, 1947, Image 1 15 November 1947 1947/11/15 1 w y 19 Maryland Griffith Stadium Washington, DC 19–0 22,000 North Carolina Downs University of Maryland, 19 To 0 The Baltimore Sun C.M. Gibbs November 16, 1947 Sports 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28506410/north_carolina_downs_university_of/ Newspapers.com November 22 2:00 p.m.https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1947-11-22/ed-1/seq-1/ The Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-current, November 22, 1947, Image 1 22 November 1947 1947/11/22 1 w y 13 Duke Duke Stadium Durham, NC rivalry 21–0 56,000 Carolina, 21 - Duke, Nothing The Daily Tar Heel Bob Goldwater November 23, 1947 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28397977/carolina_21_duke_nothing/ Newspapers.com November 29 2:00 p.m. w y 10 Virginia Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC South's Oldest Rivalry 40–7 40,000 UNC Rolls Over Virginia Eleven, 40 to 7 Asheville Citizen-Times Billy Anderson November 30, 1947 D1, D4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28507273/unc_rolls_over_virginia_eleven_40_to_7/ Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-carolina/1947-schedule.html 1947 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC May 14, 2018 Rankings 1947 college football rankings AP 1 10 19 NR NR NR 18 19 13 (1) 10 (3) 10 (9) 9 (7) References North Carolina Category:North Carolina Tar Heels football seasons North Carolina Tar Heels football