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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1947
| team = Appalachian State Mountaineers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Conference Carolinas|North State Conference]]
| short_conf = NSC
| record = 9–1
| conf_record = 6–1
| head_coach = [[E. C. Duggins]]
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
}}
{{1947 North State Conference football standings}}
The '''1947 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as [[Appalachian State University]]) as a member of the [[North State Conference]] during the [[1947 college football season]]. In their first year under head coach [[E. C. Duggins]], the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 9–1, with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, and finished 2nd in the NSC.

In the final [[Litkenhous Ratings]] released in mid-December, Appalachian was ranked at No. 168 out of 500 college football teams.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Guilford Quakers|title=Guilford}}
| site_stadium = [[Bowman Gray Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem, NC]]
| score = 23–12
| attend = 7,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90303219/guilford-eleven-loses-to-appalachian-sta/|work=The News and Observer|title=Guilford eleven loses to Appalachian State|date=September 21, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Newberry Indians|title=Newberry}}
| site_stadium = [[Setzler Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Newberry, South Carolina|Newberry, SC]]
| score = 18–7
| attend = 2,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90303501/appalachian-gets-187-win-over-indians/|work=The State|title=Appalachian gets 18–7 win over Indians|date=September 28, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Elon Fightin' Christians|title=Elon}}
| site_stadium = Elon Park
| site_cityst = [[Elon, North Carolina|Elon, NC]]
| score = 21–13
| attend = 2,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90303741/appalachian-defeats-elon-in-loop-game/|work=The Daily Times-News|title=Appalachian defeats Elon in loop game|date=October 6, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Lenoir Rhyne Bears|title=Lenoir Rhyne}}
| site_stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone, NC]]
| score = 22–0
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90303863/mountaineers-win-220-over-lenoirrhyne/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Mountaineers win 22–0 over Lenoir–Rhyne|date=October 12, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1947 Catawba Indians football team|Catawba]]
| site_stadium = Bowman Gray Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| score = 0–19
| attend = 9,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90304043/catawba-licks-appalachian-by-19-to-0/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Catawba licks Appalachian by 19 to 0|date=October 19, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Atlantic Christian Bulldogs|title=Atlantic Christian}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 33–6
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90304267/mountaineers-sweep-through-acc-336/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Mountaineers sweep through A.C.C., 33–6|date=October 26, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory & Henry}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 19–0
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90304491/appalachian-triumphs-in-freezing-weather/|work=The News and Observer|title=Appalachian triumphs in freezing weather|date=November 2, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 20–0
| attend =
| gamename = [[Battle for the Old Mountain Jug|rivalry]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90304644/catamounts-fall-before-appalachian/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Catamounts fall before Appalachian|date=November 9, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Milligan Buffaloes|title=Milligan}}
| site_stadium = Roosevelt Field
| site_cityst = [[Elizabethton, Tennessee|Elizabethton, TN]]
| score = 27–0
| attend = 4,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90304787/powerful-appalachian-eleven-rolls-over-m/|work=Elizabethton Star|title=Powerful Appalachian eleven rolls over Milligan Buffs 27–0|date=November 16, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 27
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=High Point Panthers|title=High Point}}
| site_stadium = Albion Millis Stadium
| site_cityst = [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point, NC]]
| score = 12–7
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90304950/subs-play-part-in-appalachian-win-off-po/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Subs play part in Appalachian win off points|date=November 28, 1947|accessdate=December 9, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Appalachian State Mountaineers football navbox}}

[[Category:1947 North State Conference football season|Appalachian State]]
[[Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons]]
[[Category:1947 in sports in North Carolina|Appalachian State Mountaineers football]]

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1947 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team - Revision history

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