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1933 NC State

1–⁠5–⁠3 (0–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Clipper Smith.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1933, game by game: won vs. Catawba 7–0; lost at Georgia 10–20; lost at Clemson 0–9; tied vs. Florida 0–0; tied vs. Wake Forest 0–0; tied vs. Davidson 6–6; lost vs. North Carolina 0–6; lost at South Carolina 0–14; lost at Duke 0–7+7−14Won 7–0 vs. Catawba+7CatawbaLost 10–20 at Georgia-10GeorgiaLost 0–9 at Clemson-9ClemsonTied 0–0 vs. Florida0FloridaTied 0–0 vs. Wake Forest0Wake ForestTied 6–6 vs. Davidson0DavidsonLost 0–6 vs. North Carolina-6North CarolinaLost 0–14 at South Carolina-14South CarolinaLost 0–7 at Duke-7Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsCatawbaW 7–⁠090%
Sep 30atGeorgiaL 10–⁠2037%
Oct 7atClemsonL 0–⁠955%
Oct 14vsFloridaT 0–⁠056%
Oct 21vsWake ForestT 0–⁠063%
Oct 28vsDavidsonT 6–⁠660%
Nov 4vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠663%
Nov 11atSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠1434%
Nov 25atDukeL 0–⁠714%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 7–⁠0; 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠5–⁠3
Conference
0–⁠4 10th in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
23–⁠62
Coach
Clipper Smith
Elo
1414 −93 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.4 No. 84 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Ray RexFBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠09–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠06–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠14–⁠5
VMI2–⁠1–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia Tech1–⁠1–⁠34–⁠3–⁠3
Washington and Lee1–⁠1–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Clemson1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠2
Maryland1–⁠43–⁠7
NC State0–⁠41–⁠5–⁠3

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