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1938 NC State

3–⁠7–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Doc Newton.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1938, game by game: won vs. Davidson 19–7; lost vs. North Carolina 0–21; lost at Alabama 0–14; won vs. Wake Forest 19–7; tied vs. Furman 7–7; lost at Virginia Tech 0–7; lost vs. Manhattan 0–3; lost vs. Detroit Mercy 0–7; lost at No. 4 Duke 0–7; lost vs. No. 7 Carnegie Mellon 0–14; won vs. The Citadel 14–6+12−21Won 19–7 vs. Davidson+12DavidsonLost 0–21 vs. North Carolina-21North CarolinaLost 0–14 at Alabama-14AlabamaWon 19–7 vs. Wake Forest+12Wake ForestTied 7–7 vs. Furman0FurmanLost 0–7 at Virginia Tech-7Virginia TechLost 0–3 vs. Manhattan-3ManhattanLost 0–7 vs. Detroit Mercy-7Detroit MercyLost 0–7 at No. 4 Duke-7No. 4 DukeLost 0–14 vs. No. 7 Carnegie Mellon-14No. 7 Carnegie MellonWon 14–6 vs. The Citadel+8The Citadel
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsDavidsonW 19–⁠765%
Oct 1vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠2139%
Oct 8atAlabamaL 0–⁠1420%
Oct 15vsWake ForestW 19–⁠759%
Oct 22vsFurmanT 7–⁠780%
Oct 29atVirginia TechL 0–⁠752%
Nov 5vsManhattanL 0–⁠349%
Nov 12vsDetroit MercyL 0–⁠751%
Nov 19at4DukeL 0–⁠711%
Nov 26vs7Carnegie MellonL 0–⁠1438%
Dec 3vsThe CitadelW 14–⁠648%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat The Citadel 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
59–⁠100
Coach
Doc Newton
Elo
1426 −59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.4 No. 75 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Art RooneyBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠13
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
VMI4–⁠0–⁠36–⁠1–⁠4
Richmond3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
NC State3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia Tech2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠5–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠36–⁠5
Maryland1–⁠22–⁠7
Davidson2–⁠64–⁠6
Furman0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
William & Mary0–⁠43–⁠7

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