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1939 Davidson

2–⁠7 (1–⁠7 Southern Conference), coached by Gene McEver.

Schedule and results

Davidson in 1939, game by game: lost vs. NC State 14–18; lost vs. Duke 6–26; lost vs. VMI 0–2; lost vs. South Carolina 0–7; lost vs. Furman 0–15; won vs. The Citadel 22–14; lost vs. No. 8 North Carolina 0–32; won vs. Erskine 32–6; lost vs. Wake Forest 7–46+26−39Lost 14–18 vs. NC State-4NC StateLost 6–26 vs. Duke-20DukeLost 0–2 vs. VMI-2VMILost 0–7 vs. South Carolina-7South CarolinaLost 0–15 vs. Furman-15FurmanWon 22–14 vs. The Citadel+8The CitadelLost 0–32 vs. No. 8 North Carolina-32No. 8 North CarolinaWon 32–6 vs. Erskine+26ErskineLost 7–46 vs. Wake Forest-39Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsNC StateL 14–⁠1841%
Sep 30vsDukeL 6–⁠2621%
Oct 7vsVMIL 0–⁠252%
Oct 13vsSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠743%
Oct 28vsFurmanL 0–⁠1558%
Nov 4vsThe CitadelW 22–⁠1454%
Nov 11vs8North CarolinaL 0–⁠3211%
Nov 18vsErskineW 32–⁠676%
Nov 30vsWake ForestL 7–⁠4626%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 46–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 13th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠7 13th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
81–⁠166
Coach
Gene McEver
Elo
1308 −76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.4 No. 104 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1939 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠08–⁠18
Clemson4–⁠09–⁠112
North Carolina5–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
William & Mary2–⁠0–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Richmond3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠2
VMI3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠37–⁠3
Furman3–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠42–⁠8
Washington and Lee1–⁠23–⁠4–⁠1
Virginia Tech1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠72–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠12–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.