1940 NC State
3–6 (3–5 Southern Conference), coached by Doc Newton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Davidson 34–0Sep 28
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs William & Mary | W 16–0 | 51% |
| Sep 28 | at Davidson | W 34–0 | 49% |
| Oct 5 | vs Clemson | L 7–26 | 28% |
| Oct 19 | vs North Carolina | L 7–13 | 35% |
| Oct 26 | vs Mississippi State | L 10–26 | 38% |
| Nov 2 | vs Furman | L 6–20 | 70% |
| Nov 9 | vs Wake Forest | L 14–20 | 32% |
| Nov 16 | vs The Citadel | W 20–14 | 64% |
| Nov 23 | at Duke | L 6–42 | 10% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Duke 42–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 3–5 11th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 120–161
- Coach
- Doc Newton
- Elo
- 1368 −30 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −5.7 No. 84 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southern Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Art FairclothOGAP-1
Second team
- Dick CatonOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1940 Southern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | 4–0 | 6–2–1 | |
| Duke | 4–1 | 7–2 | 18 |
| Wake Forest | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| William & Mary | 2–1–1 | 6–2–1 | |
 Richmond | 3–2 | 6–3 | |
| North Carolina | 3–2 | 6–4 | |
 VMI | 3–2–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Furman | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Washington and Lee | 1–1–1 | 2–7–1 | |
 Virginia Tech | 2–3 | 5–5 | |
| NC State | 3–5 | 3–6 | |
 South Carolina | 1–3 | 3–6 | |
 Maryland | 0–1–1 | 2–6–1 | |
| Davidson | 1–5 | 5–5 | |
| The Citadel | 0–4 | 4–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.