1937 NC State
5–3–1 (4–2–1 Southern Conference), coached by Doc Newton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wake Forest 20–0Oct 23
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs Davidson | W 6–2 | 41% |
| Oct 2 | vs North Carolina | L 0–20 | 39% |
| Oct 9 | at Furman | T 7–7 | 29% |
| Oct 16 | vs Virginia Tech | W 13–7 | 65% |
| Oct 23 | at Wake Forest | W 20–0 | 50% |
| Oct 30 | at Boston College | W 12–7 | 40% |
| Nov 6 | vs The Citadel | W 26–14 | 70% |
| Nov 13 | atManhattan | L 0–15 | 57% |
| Nov 20 | vs Duke | L 7–20 | 30% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Duke 20–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
- Record
- 5–3–1
- Conference
- 4–2–1 6th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 91–92
- Coach
- Doc Newton
- Elo
- 1478 +34 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.7 No. 88 of 126 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southern Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jess TatumEAP-3; UP-1
Second team
- Eddie BerlinskiBAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1937 Southern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Maryland | 2–0 | 8–2 | |
| North Carolina | 4–0–1 | 7–1–1 | 19 |
| Duke | 5–1 | 7–2–1 | 20 |
 Clemson | 2–0–1 | 4–4–1 | |
 VMI | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| NC State | 4–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
 South Carolina | 2–2–1 | 5–6–1 | |
| The Citadel | 2–3 | 7–4 | |
 Richmond | 2–3 | 5–4–1 | |
| Washington and Lee | 2–3 | 4–5 | |
| Furman | 1–2–2 | 4–3–2 | |
| Virginia Tech | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
 William & Mary | 1–3 | 4–5 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–4 | 3–6 | |
| Davidson | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.