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1949 NC State

3–⁠7 (3–⁠6 Southern Conference), coached by Beattie Feathers.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1949, game by game: lost at North Carolina 6–26; lost vs. Clemson 6–7; lost at Davidson 14–20; lost at Duke 13–14; lost vs. Maryland 6–14; won vs. Virginia Tech 14–13; won vs. Richmond 20–6; won vs. No. 18 Wake Forest 27–14; lost at Villanova 21–45; lost at William & Mary 7–33+14−26Lost 6–26 at North Carolina-20North CarolinaLost 6–7 vs. Clemson-1ClemsonLost 14–20 at Davidson-6DavidsonLost 13–14 at Duke-1DukeLost 6–14 vs. Maryland-8MarylandWon 14–13 vs. Virginia Tech+1Virginia TechWon 20–6 vs. Richmond+14RichmondWon 27–14 vs. No. 18 Wake Forest+13No. 18 Wake ForestLost 21–45 at Villanova-24VillanovaLost 7–33 at William & Mary-26William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠2620%
Oct 1vsClemsonL 6–⁠745%
Oct 8atDavidsonL 14–⁠2062%
Oct 15atDukeL 13–⁠1430%
Oct 22vsMarylandL 6–⁠1442%
Oct 29vsVirginia TechW 14–⁠1378%
Nov 5vsRichmondW 20–⁠666%
Nov 12vs18Wake ForestW 27–⁠1436%
Nov 19atVillanovaL 21–⁠4516%
Nov 26atWilliam & MaryL 7–⁠3328%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to William & Mary 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 13th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠6 13th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
134–⁠192
Coach
Beattie Feathers
Elo
1457 −34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.9 No. 80 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Charles MusserOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠07–⁠416
Maryland4–⁠09–⁠114
Washington and Lee3–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Duke4–⁠26–⁠3
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
Clemson2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠24–⁠5
George Washington2–⁠34–⁠5
NC State3–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠7
Virginia Tech1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Davidson1–⁠52–⁠8

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