1947 Sugar Bowl

(10–0)

(8–1–1)

Head coach:
Wallace Butts

Head coach:
Carl Snavely

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	0	13	7	20
North Carolina	0	7	3	0	10

Date

January 1, 1947

Season

1946

Stadium

Tulane Stadium

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Attendance

73,300^[1]

The 1947 Sugar Bowl was played between the third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs and the ninth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Georgia won 20–10.

In the second quarter, North Carolina scored on a four-yard Walt Pupa touchdown run to take a 7–0 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Georgia scored on a 4-yard touchdown run by John Rauch to tie the game at 7. North Carolina's Fox kicked a 27-yard field goal as North Carolina led 10–7. Georgia scored on a 67-yard touchdown pass from Charley Trippi to Dan Edwards to take a 13–10 lead. In the fourth quarter, Rauch scored on a 13-yard touchdown to seal the Georgia victory 20–10.

References

↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 33. Retrieved September 30, 2011.

1946–47 NCAA football bowl game season

Glass (Dec. 7) Tobacco (Dec. 14) Optimist (Dec. 21) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Oil (Jan. 1) Sun (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Raisin (Jan. 1) Harbor (Jan. 1) Tangerine (Jan. 1) Cigar (Jan. 1) Cotton-Tobacco (Jan. 1) Flower (Jan. 1) Pineapple (Jan. 1) Vulcan (Jan. 1) Will Rogers (Jan. 1) Alamo (Jan. 4)

All-Star Games: Blue-Gray Football Classic (Dec. 28) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 1) North-South Shrine Game (Jan. 1)

Sugar Bowl Game

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Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

Georgia Bulldogs bowl games

North Carolina Tar Heels bowl games

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