1947 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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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]

Record2–6 (1–4 SoCon)
Headcoach
CaptainJames McQueen
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1947 Furman Purple Hurricane football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–6 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJames McQueen
Home stadiumSirrine Stadium
Seasons
 1946
1948 
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1947 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 William & Mary $710920
No. 9 North Carolina410820
South Carolina411621
No. 19 Duke311432
Washington and Lee320550
Maryland321722
No. 17 NC State321531
VPI430450
Davidson331631
Wake Forest340640
VMI231351
Clemson130450
The Citadel140350
Furman140270
Richmond150370
George Washington040171
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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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

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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 Georgia Tech*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
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