Top 20 UNC Football Teams: No. 6 - 1947
Posted May 13, 2020
The 1947 Tar Heels finished 8-2 and didn't allow more than seven points in any of their final seven games, while Charlie Justice, Art Weiner, Walt Pupa, and company averaged 27 themselves. Among the victims: Florida (35-7 on a day Hosea Rodgers ran for 238 yards), Tennessee (held the Vols to 3 first downs), Duke (crowd of 56,500), and William & Mary.
(Tar Heel Illustrated)
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